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AUG 26 - SEPT 1

Come out and play! Speaking for myself and the nearly 100 volunteers who have made it all happen, we’re excited to see you here.This year’s festival brings you over 154 hours of programming, from films and workshops to parties and networking events. This is the only festival that brings such a big feast of film to Portland in our sweetest social season—summertime. We designed this festival for film lovers who delight in the rare and unusual. Most of the films we’re screening are Portland Premieres. Several are U.S. and World Premieres. So enjoy. Join the conversation and share your thoughts online—and please put #PDXFF14 in your posts, so we can follow. Special thanks to all our talented filmmakers, judges, generous sponsors, and staunch volunteers. Here’s to you, Pro Photo Supply, Canon, Mark Spencer Hotel, Plum Tree Mortgage, Final Draft, OMPA, Koerner Camera, Gear Head, Allison Bruns, Portland Cider Company, McMenamins, Living Room Theater, Cinema 21, Laurelhurst, Clinton St. Theater, Movie Maker Magazine, Guitar Center, Poplandia, TeSoAria, 5th Avenue Cinemas, Bill Martell, Randall Jahnson, Droptree, Willamette Writers, Women in Film, Justin, SAG AFTRA, David Cress, Brad Wilke, Michael Dunaway, Brandon Harris, Daniel Dreifuss, my parents and, especially, my grandmother Ruthie. Warm Regards, Josh Leake, Director Portland Film Festival josh@portlandfilmfestival.com Come out and play. 8/26-9/1. Buy tickets now at portlandfilmfestival.com. Check website or mobile app for full description and content information.

FESTIVAL LOCATIONS

Festival Box Office Buy tickets in person or purchase them online at portlandfilmfestival.com Fri 8/21 - Mon 8/25: 10AM - 8PM Plum Tree - 1126 NW Marshall St. Tue 8/26 - Sun 8/31: 11AM - 5PM Ringlers - 1332 W Burnside St.

Filmmakers Lounge Sponsored by Pro Photo Supply at Ringlers 1332 W Burnside St. Tue 8/26 - Sun 8/31: 11AM - 5PM Coffee Chat with Filmmakers at Lola’s Room 11AM-5PM daily 1332 W Burnside St. Art Institute 1122 NW Davis St.

Crystal Ballroom, Ringlers & Lola’s 1332 W Burnside St. Mission Theater (Full bar & food menu) 1624 NW Glisan St. Living Room Theater (Full bar & food menu) 341 SW 10th Ave.

Cinema 21 (Pizza, snacks, drinks) 616 NW 21st Ave. Clinton St. Theater (Snacks and drinks) 2522 SE Clinton St. Laurelhurst Theater (Pizza, snacks, drinks) 2735 E Burnside St. Fifth Avenue Cinemas 510 SW Hall St.

PARKS

Pro Photo Supply Event Center 1801 NW Northrup St. Private Rooftop Classroom 1015 NW 11th Ave.

ADMISSION IS FREE TO ALL PARK EVENTS

Multnomah County Central Library 801 SW 10th Ave.

Wallace Park (Food and beverages) 1600 NW 25th Ave.

White Space Gallery 1439 NW Marshall St.

Waterfront Park (Food and beverages) SW Naito Parkway. South of Hawthorne Bridge.

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GENERAL TICKETS Regular tickets are $10 per film. They can be purchased online at portlandfilmfestival.com or at the venue listed.

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PASSES

See any film that starts before 5PM for $5 all festival long. Get a 5x5 Full Access Pass for $55 and see all films before 5PM all week.

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DAILY EVENTS LOLA’S ROOM 10AM

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Coffee Chat w/ Filmmakers Panel w/ directors from today’s films. RINGLERS

11AM-5PM PAGE 18 Filmmakers Lounge Sponsored by Pro Photo Supply. FREE WIFI, snacks & happy hour drink. Music at 4PM.

OPENING NIGHT AFTER PARTY LOLA’S ROOM & CRYSTAL BALLROOM PAGE 21 8:30-Midnight VIP Red Carpet & Green Room Mingle with cast and crew. MUSIC: Us Lights, Oh Darling and DJ Little Bother.

VIP & RED CARPET LOLA’S ROOM PAGE 18 5:30-7PM VIP Red Carpet & Green Room Mingle with cast and crew. MUSIC: PINSCAPE & DJ TEETOO

OPENING FILM

TUESDAY AUG 26TH OPENING FILM

CRYSTAL BALLROOM

MISSION THEATER

5:30PM RED CARPET 7PM FILM PAGE 19 SEX ED World Premiere A new teacher quickly finds that his highly pubescent pupils are receiving no form of sex ed. He wants to teach them – but he’s not exactly “experienced.” Director’s Q&A

5:30PM MUSIC PAGE 21 7PM FILM GLENA Portland Premiere Single-mom from The Dalles, Oregon struggles with life as she trains to be a professional cage fighter.

OPENING SHORTS:

MAROONED A satirical glimpse into a secret, Military rocket launch in the 1950's .

WHISKER The Lengths a Man Will Go To. FLETCH Coming of age character study of Frisbee golf legend Fletcher Ferguson. PRE-FILM MUSIC: DJ Little Bother DANCE TROOP: Hippoh Dance Project

OPENING SHORTS:

PUNCHES & PEDICURES Vietnamese immigrant has two different businesses. PRE-FILM MUSIC: Adventure Galley

WEDNESDAY - AUG 27TH

NETWORKING

FILMS

LIVING ROOM

Noon PAGE 47 The Human Experiment Narrated by Sean Penn. Thousands of untested chemicals are in our everyday products.

Noon PAGE 54 Proud Citizen Winning an award doesn’t bring the joy expected. Director’s Q&A.

1:45PM PAGE 42 Little Hope was Arson Ten churches burn to the ground in just over a month igniting a criminal investigation. Director’s Q&A.

1:45PM PAGE 56 Time Lapse A dead scientist neighbor leaves a mysterious camera that takes pictures of the future. Director’s Q&A.

3:30PM PAGE 45 Surviving Cliffside An Appalachian family battle poverty as they put their lives back together. Director’s Q&A.

3:30PM PAGE 59 Shorts Block 1: People

How to avoid annoying people, Operation Barn Owl, The Inheritance, Grammatik’s Brave Men, The Box, Lime, Sie heisst jetzt Lotte! Director’s Q&A.

5:15PM PAGE 40 Finding Hillywood One man’s road to forgiveness in the hills of Rhawanda. Director’s Q&A.

5:15PM PAGE 51 Half Brother Girlfriend breaks up with Michael and he finds himself homeless. Director’s Q&A.

5:30PM Music at Living Room: Kory Quinn and Anna Tivel 7PM PAGE 40 Find Your Way A busker turned filmmaker takes us inside the world of street musc. Director’s Q&A.

LOLA’S ROOM

CENTRAL LIBRARY

10AM PAGE 18 Coffee Chat w/ Filmmakers Panel w/ directors from today’s films.

5:30PM PAGE 24/36 Writers Networking at Library Sponsored by Willamette Writers & Multnomah County.

RINGLERS 11AM-5PM PAGE 18 Filmmakers Lounge Sponsored by Pro Photo Supply. FREE WIFI, snacks & happy hour drink. Music at 4PM.

5:30PM PAGE 24 Women in Film Networking & Panel Open to every one.

MISSION THEATER

CLINTON ST.

4PM PAGE 41 Kidnapped for Christ Shocking truth of what is really going on at this remote reform school.

4:59PM PAGE 45 State of Play US Premiere Every year thousands of South-Koreans flock to the game stadiums in Seoul to watch Starcraft.

7PM PAGE 51 I Believe in Unicorns Complex landscape of troubled young love. Crew’s Q&A.

7PM PAGE 50 Copenhagen When the love of your life is half your age, it’s time to grow up. Director’s Q&A.

8:45PM PAGE 49 Big in Japan Rock-and-roll road movie about a struggling Seattle band determined to not fade away. The film, which 8:30PM PAGE 60 8:30PM PAGE 52 is based loosely on actual Shorts Block 2: Decisions Love Steaks events, follows real life Moppet, Level 1457 Last, Yeti Assasin, An unlikely couple falls in love. O Jogo, Things I Have Learned About Sex rockers, Tennis Pro, as and Dogs, A Hundred Eighty Degrees, Lib- Dirty, bloody, honest. they travel to Japan—a erty, The House at the Edge of the Galaxy, last ditch attempt to Paper Wrap Fire & Loving Myself. 10:15PM PAGE 42 prevent their day jobs from Director’s Q&A. Love in the Sixties World Prem. becoming their careers. ’First Lady of Keeping Austin 10:15PM PAGE 54 Weird’ movement, Aralyn Hughes, Director’s Q&A. Band performing at Filmmaker’s Rezeta becomes a performance artist/ following screning at A jet-setting model in Mexico solo performer at the age of 65 Bash City starts to change when she after a 35 year business career. Lola’s Room. See below. falls in love with an unexpected Director’s Q&A. young artist.

CLASSES, WORKSHOPS & PANELS

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6:45PM PAGE 51 I Play With The Phrase Each Other The first feature film composed entirely of cell phone calls. Director’s Q&A. 9PM PAGE 52 Kumiko the Treasure Hunter A jaded Japanese woman discovers a hidden copy of Fargo on VHS, believing it to be a treasure map indicating the location of a large case of money. 11PM PAGE 45 Skanks A community theatre in Birmingham, Alabama mounts an original drag musical, “Skanks in a One Horse Town.” Director’s Q&A.

SPECIAL EVENT

Noon PAGE 36 Screenwriting Class: Dialogue to Die For 40 Professional Dialogue Techniques you can use. Sponsored by Willamette Writers. PAGE 34 2PM Actors Workshop: Living & Working in L.A. Thinking about taking the next step in your career and moving to Hollywood? Speaker: Blake Robbins. 4PM PAGE 36 Screenwriting Class: Hollywood is Everywhere Screenwriter Randall Jahnson (The Doors, The Mask of Zorro), Miguel Tejada-Flores (Revenge of the Nerds), Ed Solomon (Men in Black Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure), Bill Kennedy (House of Cards). 5PM Audi Post 101 Workshop w/ Ryan Mauk

MISSION THEATER

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7:30PM PAGE 25/36 Screenwriting and Independent Filmmaking If you can’t write a story on paper, how do you expect to make it on film? Speakers: Jon Raymond, Steve Doughton, Darcy Miller, Brian Padian, Jon Garcia. Moderated by Vu Pham.

CINEMA 21 7PM PAGE 24/36 Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure 25 Year Anniversary Screening with Screenwriters Ed Solomon & Chris Matheson Moderated by Randall Janson (The Doors, The Mask of Zorro). Costume contest of your favorite historical figure.

FILMMAKER PARTY LOLA’S ROOM 9:30PM PAGE 25 Filmmaker’s Bash Seattle band Tennis Pro, featured in the award-winning film Big in Japan, are playing following the screening of their film. Don’t miss this amazing music group before they jet back to Japan.

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THURSDAY - AUG 28TH FILMS

LIVING ROOM

Noon PAGE 56 The Umbrella Man Acquittal of his son’s killer, kindles a paranoia that threatens Peter’s sanity. Director’s Q&A.

Noon PAGE 43 Obama Mama Stanley Ann Dunham, the mother of President Barack Obama. Director’s Q&A.

1:45PM PAGE 44 Refugees of Shangri-La Stories of the refugees as they recount their struggle in Nepal. Director’s Q&A.

1:45PM PAGE 74 Shorts Block 14:Documentary Showcase Volune 1

3:30PM PAGE 61 Shorts Block 3: Ritual

Blue, Best Wishes, Leadfoot, One Armed Man, Babylon, Boxer on the Wilderness, Market Hours, The Moped Diaries and This That Though.

Director’s Q&A.

The Game Changer, Some Na Ceremonies, Methel Island, Paper Wrap Fire & The Invisible Hobby.

Director’s Q&A.

3:30PM PAGE 76 Shorts Block 16: Gravity The Gift of Gravity, Modify to Fit, Leadfoot, I’d Rather Stay, Never Again This Flower, The Game Changer.

Director’s Q&A.

5:15PM PAGE 41 Hungtington’s Dance Chris Furbee’s journey in dealing with Huntington’s disease. Director’s Q&A.

5:15PM PAGE 43 My Shanghai The story of WWII internee, Virginia Lumsdaine McCutcheon. . Director’s Q&A. 5:30PM Music at Living Room: Paul Basile and Del Phoena

6:45PM PAGE 47 The Residue Years Mitchell Jackson overcomes hurdles to become an acclaimed author. Director’s Q&A.

7PM PAGE 40 Fight Church The confluence of Christianity and Mixed Martial Arts. Director’s Q&A.

8:30PM PAGE 62 8:30PM PAGE 55 Shorts Block 4: Expectations Rover Before the Heaven’s Gate cult’s suicide, they shopped their story around to Hollywood. Director’s Q&A. This is the story of their making 10PM PAGE 55 that film. The Sublime & Beautiful 10:15PM PAGE 54 After losing their children to a Permutations drunk driving accident, David and Kelly descend into a compli- Screening of Director Vu Pham’s three shorts: My Brothcated spiral of grief. er, Baby Ipecac & Waiting. Director’s Q&A. Director’s Q&A. Money Shot, SUBTEXT, Fletch, Gage, Subsurface Flow, Bridgetown, Everybody Poops, Tip Toe & A Time in a Dark Cloud.

CLASSES, WORKSHOPS & PANELS PRO PHOTO SUPPLY EVENT CENTER 1801 NW NORTHRUP

NETWORKING LOLA’S ROOM

MISSION THEATER

10AM PAGE 18 Coffee Chat w/ Filmmakers Panel w/ directors from today’s films.

PAGE 26 6PM OMPA Networking Event & Reception for Portland Premiere of HOUSE OF LAST THINGS w/ RJ Mitte of Breaking Bad. Film industry reception with OMPA —Oregon’s largest media organization supporting film industry in Oregon.

RINGLERS 11AM-5PM PAGE 18 Filmmakers Lounge Sponsored by Pro Photo Supply. FREE WIFI, snacks & happy hour drink. Music at 4PM. MISSION THEATER

CLINTON ST.

7:45PM PAGE 50 House of Last Things Mind-bending thriller set in Portland, OR about an unpsoken tragedy and its effects on a house. Director’s Q&A.

5PM PAGE 44 Salmon Confidential Time to save the wild salmon of the Pacific Northwest.

9:50PM PAGE 78 Shorts Block 18: Music Videos This That Though, When He Comes Home, Adventure Galley’s “Marooned,” Loving Myself - Hairy Soul Man, Wait for It, Babylon, Gramatik’s Brave Men and Denoise’s Burning. Director’s Q&A.

7PM PAGE 46 The Animal Condition All sides of the animal welfare story. Director’s Q&A. 10PM Special screening TBA

10:30PM PAGE 55 Suck it Up Buttercup When the worlds of addiction, denial, deceit and dementia suddenly collide one night, the collateral damage from teenage drug use is laid bare Director’s Q&A.

SPECIAL EVENT MISSION THEATER

Noon PAGE 36 Screenwriting Class: Visual Storytelling Technique-based class with 25 ways to improve description. Sponsored by Willamette Writers.

4:20PM PAGE 25 Doug Benson: Live podcast of Doug Loves Movies Special guests to be announced.

PAGE 34 4PM Actors Workshop: Working with Casting Directors How to get in the door, and the best way to impress them once you do. Speakers: Eryn Goodman

MUSIC before podcast: Teach Me Equals.

5:30PM PAGE 34 Actors Workshop: How to Get & Work with an Agent Top agents talk about how to win a spot on their roster. Speakers: Cholee Thompson, Dennis Troutman. Moderators: Alexandra Blatt. 7:30PM PAGE 26/37 Books to Film Learn how to acquire rights to intellectual property and how writers work with agents, publishers, and filmmakers when their book gets adapted. Speakers: Fiona Kenshole, Randall Jahnson, Blake Nelson, Whitney Otto, Arthur Bradford & James Lucas Jones.

HOLLYWOOD THEATER 6:30PM

Back Fence PDX: Reel Stories Special guests to be announced. CINEMA 21 7PM

PAGE 26 Labyrinth Anniversary Screening with Toby Froud

Costume contest. Best costume wins prize.

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FRIDAY - AUG 29TH

FILMS LIVING ROOM

LIVING ROOM

10AM PAGE 54 Rezeta A jet-setting model in Mexico City starts to change when she falls in love with an unexpected young artist.

10AM Special Screening TBA

11:45AM PAGE 63 Shorts Block 5: Wit

11:45AM PAGE 77 Shorts Block 17: Want

Whisker, The Hideout, Sushi Mischief, Teal’s Legacy, Ain’t No Fish, #pdxcarpet, Down in Flams & Wait for It.

Director’s Q&A.

N/A

NETWORKING LOLA’S ROOM

WALLACE PARK

PAGE 18 10AM Coffee Chat w/ Filmmakers Panel w/ directors from today’s films.

PAGE 27 5:30PM Portland Film & Video Networking Meetup Come network with Portland industry folks.

RINGLERS

Whisker, The Kid, Final Flight, Boxer on the Wilderness, Best Wishes, Super Secret, Leadfoot, Allis Volat Propriis, The Moped Diaries & Ground London.

11AM-5PM PAGE 18 Filmmakers Lounge Sponsored by Pro Photo Supply. FREE WIFI, snacks & happy hour drink. Music at 4PM.

Director’s Q&A.

1:30PM PAGE 39 Divide in Concord Banning bottled water in small town America. Director’s Q&A. 2:30PM PAGE 19 Sex Ed Eddie lands his first teaching gig at an inner city middle school. Director’s Q&A.

1:30PM PAGE 64 Shorts Block 6: Flow

Fledged, The Game Changer, Never Again This Flower, Somebody’s Mother, The Hero Pose, Proximity, Gustaf & Chimera.

Director’s Q&A.

2:30PM Special Screening TBA

N/A

MOVIES IN THE PARK WALLACE PARK FREE ADMISSION 1600 NW 25th Ave 4:30PM Bands / Movies at Sundown

Wizard’s Way

MISSION THEATER 4PM PAGE 42 10PM PAGE 65 Love is a Verb Shorts Block 7: Search Narrated by Ashley Judd. The Ladder, Modify to Fit, SHK THT X Grace Green, The Demon Social movement of Muslims that began in the Deep in Oklahoma, Binary, Love Act Truly, Mistress, The Heebie-Jeebies, l960s. Director’s Q&A. 8PM PAGE 49 B.F.E. Young and old struggle to live free or die trying. Director’s Q&A.

The Invisible Hobby & Adventure Galley’s Marooned. Director’s Q&A.

SPECIAL SCREENING MISSION THEATER 5:15PM

PAGE 27 The Greatest Movie Ever Rolled w/ Doug Benson

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A tape was found in a battered video camera sold to a Manchester pawnshop. Wizard’s Way is the unremarkable contents of that tape.

Two comedians, Doug Benson and Graham Elwood, decide to make a movie detailing their lives on the road.

Selection of food and beverages. Bands: Cooper, Redray Frazier and The Resolectrics

PRE-FILM MUSIC: Stew and the Negro Problem

CLASSES, WORKSHOPS & PANELS ROOFTOP CLASSROOM 1015 NW 11TH AVE

PRO PHOTO SUPPLY EVENT CENTER 1801 NW NORTHRUP Noon PAGE 37 Screenwriting Class: Breaking Your Story When you have an idea or a character, how do you turn that into a story? We’ll tale you step-by-step from finding the “story seed” at the core of your idea or character to growing a screenplay. What scenes will you need? Sponsored by Willamette Writers. PAGE 27 2:30PM Actors Workshop: Screenplay Competition Reading Listen to selections from this year’s competition finalists. Read by local actors.

4PM PAGE 34 Actors Workshop: Directors on Actors All areas of working with actors and why they love them. We’ll cover what they look for in casting, the best ways to communicate on set. Moderator: Alexandra Blatt. Speaker: Jason Satterlund. Director: Shawn Telford. 6PM PAGE 35 Actors Workshop: Improv for Actors Hilarious, poignant and gripping performances have at their core the immediate authenticity of improvisation. Speaker: Nicholas Kessler.

LIVING ROOM

CINEMA 21

11:30PM PAGE 46 Tamara W. World Premiere The world of voguing, escort business, ecstasy addiction, sexual abuse, and being a transgender girl. Director’s Q&A.

11:30PM PAGE 52 Interior. Leather Bar. with short film Feast of Stephen by James Franco Exploration of sexual and creative freedom.

11PM PAGE 50 Goldberg & Eisenberg. Waiting for a blind date in a Tel Aviv park, a computer programmer meets a mysterious and violent man. Director’s Q&A.

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SATURDAY - AUG 30TH FILMS

LAURELHURST

11AM PAGE 75 11AM PAGE 40 Shorts Block 15: Documenta- Finding Hillywood Portlandia Rats Book, Husk, Ain’t No ry Showcase Volume II One man’s road to forgiveness Fish, Super Secret, Proximity, Blue, The O Jogo, Methel Island, Liberty, BridgeThe Game Changer, Modify to Fit, Final in the hills of Rhawanda. town, Paper Wrap Fire, Chimera & How to Uncluded ‘Organs,’ Sushi Mischief, The Flight, Fledged, Paper Wrap Fire & Some Dam Keeper, Le Nocturne De Lumiere, Director’s Q&A. Avoid Annoying People. Na Ceremonies. Level 1457 Last, Lessons Learned, How to Director’s Q&A. Director’s Q&A. Avoid Annoying People & Lime. 12:45PM PAGE 69 Director’s Q&A. 12:15PM PAGE 68 12:45PM PAGE 40 Shorts Block 11: Perception Shorts Block 10: Student 12:45PM PAGE 47 Fight Church Armed Man, Gage, Whisker, Oh Showcase, Part Two The confluence of Christianity One The Human Experiment Sheila, Alis Volat Propriis, Subsurface Lime, #pdxcarpet, The Game Changer, The and Mixed Martial Arts. Flow & Yeti Assassin, Unwelcomed Narrated by Sean Penn. ThouHideout, Tip Toe & The Inheritance. Guests & 2014 48 Hour Top 3 Winners. sands of untested chemicals are Director’s Q&A. Director’s Q&A. Director’s Q&A. in our everyday products. 2:30 PM PAGE 70 2:30PM PAGE 45 2:30PM N/A Shorts Block 12: Whimsy 2:30PM PAGE 40 Teal’s State of Play US Premiere Legacy, Casey, Somebody’s Special Screening TBA Find Your Way Every year thousands of South Mother, The Box, The House at the Edge MISSION A busker turned filmmaker of the Galaxy, Safe Word & A Time in a Koreans flock to the game Noon PAGE 44 Dark Cloud. takes us inside the world of stadiums in Seoul to watch Scarred Lands & Wounded Director’s Q&A. street musc. Director’s Q&A. Starcraft. Lives: The Environmental CLINTON ST. Footprint of War Noon PAGE 46 2PM PAGE 47 The Drop Box The Residue Years Pastor takes children with WALLACE PARK FREE ADMISSION Mitchell Jackson overcomes disabilities. hurdles to become an 1600 NW 25th Ave acclaimed author. Director’s 2 PM PAGE 21 4:30PM Bands / Movies at Sundown Q&A. Glena Single mom from Oregon 4PM PAGE 46 struggles with foreclosure, Ping Pong Summer PAGE 23 The Animal Condition custody battle and training All sides of the animal welfare Rad Miracle is a shy, 13-year-old white kid obto be a pro MMA cage story. Director’s Q&A. fighter. Director’s Q&A. sessed with two things: Ping-Pong and hip-hop.

11AM PAGE 67 Shorts Block 9: Student Showcase, Part One

11AM PAGE 66 Shorts Block 8: Animation

MOVIES IN THE PARK

Selection of food and beverages. Bands: The Minus 5, The My Oh Mys, Swansea

CLASSES, WORKSHOPS & PANELS FIFTH AVENUE CINEMAS 510 SW HALL ST Noon PAGE 37 Screenwriting Class: Structural Freaks! Exploring different methods of structuring your screenplay. Sponsored by Willamette Writers.

4PM PAGE 45 Skanks A community theatre in Alabama mounts an original drag musical, “Skanks in a One Horse Town.” Director’s Q&A. 6PM PAGE 73 Shorts Block 13: Experimental

The Heebie-Jeebies, Proximity, The Ballad of Peter & Emily, Baby Ipecac, Rez Carz, Gustaf, Subsurface Flow, Oh Sheila, Husk, The Kid & How to Avoid Annoying People.

Director’s Q&A.

8PM PAGE 55 Noon PAGE 28 Rover #storyworld14 - transmedia Before the Heaven’s Gate Immersive narrative experiences that isn’t confined to a single cult’s suicide, they shopped platform. their story around. 1:30PM PAGE 35 Actors Workshop: Auditioning Learn how to properly prepare for the best possible audition. Speakers: Simon Max Hill, Todd Robinson and Ted Rooney. 1:30PM PAGE 28/37 Science Fiction, Film and Technology Speakers: Ted Chiang, Sara B Cooper, William Hertling, Fonda Lee and Andrew Duchon. Moderator: Daniel H. Wilson. LIVING ROOM

8PM PAGE 56 Time Lapse A dead scientist neighbor leaves a mysterious camera that takes pictures of the future. Director’s Q&A. 10PM PAGE 43 Plant This Movie Narrated by Daryl Hannah. Explores the impact of urban farming on individuals and communities around the world. Director’s Q&A. 11:45PM PAGE 49 Blemished Light A Muslim fundamentalist kidnaps a scholar - to kill. A closeted lesbian kidnaps a bisexual activist - to marry. Director’s Q&A.

3PM PAGE 28 Music to Picture Award-winning composers discuss the process of creating music for film. Including: Dave Metzger (Disney’s Frozen), Mark Orton (Nebraska and co-founder of the Tin Hat Trio), Peter Bosack (Glena), Andrew Poole Todd (House Of Last Things, Warflowers) Moderated by Edmund Stone of All Classical Portland and Producer/Host of the nationally syndicated film music program “The Score,” heard weekly in 59 US cities.

PAGE 50 11:30PM Goldberg & Eisenberg. Waiting for a blind date in a Tel PAGE 29 Aviv park, a computer program- 4:30PM Work-in-Progress Panel mer meets a mysterious and A talk with directors currently in development on their violent man. Director’s Q&A. projects: including Dave Norman’s What Moves You and Matt Zodrow and Tracy MacDonald’s Whitelandia. Come out and play. 8/26-9/1. Buy tickets now at portlandfilmfestival.com.

11:30PM PAGE 46 Tamara W. World Premiere The world of voguing, escort business, ecstasy addiction, sexual abuse, and being a transgender girl. Director’s Q&A.

LIVING ROOM

PAGE 35 3PM SAG-AFTRA Panel The business of acting.

6PM PAGE 54 Proud Citizen Winning an award doesn’t bring the joy expected. Director’s Q&A.

NETWORKING

FILMS CINEMA 21 11AM PAGE 56 VEEPS: Profiles in Insignificance Two men pursuing a dream of insignificance, determined to shatter the glass ceiling of their peculiar ambitions. Director’s Q&A. 12:45PM Special Screening TBA

N/A

2:30PM PAGE 47 Unbreakable: A Story of Hope & Healing in Haiti To rebuild and bring health and hope back to the people most affected by the disaster. Director’s Q&A.

LOLA’S ROOM

WALLACE PARK

10AM PAGE 18 Coffee Chat w/ Filmmakers Panel w/ directors from today’s films.

5:30PM PAGE 29 Portland Actors Networking sponsored by SAG/AFTRA Come network with Portland industry folks.

RINGLERS 11AM-5PM PAGE 18 Filmmakers Lounge Sponsored by Pro Photo Supply. FREE WIFI, snacks & happy hour drink. Music at 4PM.

SPECIAL SCREENING

CLINTON ST. 10PM

PAGE 29 The Rocky Horror Picture Show

RINGLERS 10AM

PAGE 30 Dennis Nyback’s Historic Film Tour of Portland One-of-a-kind downtown walking tour.

Come in costume and get ready to sing. Music before the show starts. PRE-FILM MUSIC: The Panic C ART INSTITUTE

1:30PM Editor’s Panel

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Feature film and advertising editors talk shop and discuss trends in editing.

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SUNDAY - AUG 31ST FILMS

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11AM PAGE 38 City of Hate: Dallas and the Assassination The city’s damaged reputation that followed the death of President Kennedy. Director’s Q&A.

11AM PAGE 39 The Most Dangerous Ways to School - Nepal In the high mountains of Nepal children risk their life every day on the way to school. Director’s Q&A.

11AM PAGE 52 Love Steaks An unlikely couple falls in love. Dirty, bloody, honest.

12:30PM PAGE 50 Copenhagen When the love of your life is half your age, it’s time to grow up. Director’s Q&A.

11AM PAGE 42 Love in the Sixties World Prem. ’First Lady of Keeping Austin Weird’ movement, Aralyn Hughes, becomes a performance artist/solo performer at the age of 65 after a 35 year business career. Director’s Q&A.

12:45PM PAGE 44 Salmon Confidential 12:45PM PAGE 56 Time to save the wild salmon of The Umbrella Man the Pacific Northwest. Acquittal of his son’s killer, kindles a paranoia that threatens 2:30PM PAGE 47 Peter’s sanity. Director’s Q&A. Unbreakable: A Story of Hope & Healing in Haiti 2:30PM PAGE 51 To rebuild and bring health I Play With The Phrase and hope back to the people Each Other most affected by the disaster. The first feature film composed Director’s Q&A. entirely of cell phone calls. Director’s Q&A.

2:30PM PAGE 51 Half Brother Girlfriend breaks up with Michael and he finds himself homeless. Director’s Q&A.

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Bronx Obama

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What if one day you looked in the mirror and saw the most powerful man in the world? Director’s Q&A. Subject in attendance. Selection of food and beverages. Bands: Midnight Serenaders, Jenny Finn Ochrestra, Jacob Miller & The Bridge City Crooners.

CLASSES, WORKSHOPS & PANELS

12:45PM N/A Special Screening TBA

2:30PM PAGE 41 Hotline The ways human conversation and connection can fight isolation and alienation. Director’s Q&A.

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NOON PAGE 43 My Shanghai The story of WWII internee, Virginia Lumsdaine McCutcheon. . Director’s Q&A.

6PM PAGE 39 Divide in Concord Banning bottled water in small town America. Director’s Q&A.

2PM PAGE 49 B.F.E. Young and old struggle to live free or die trying. Director’s Q&A.

7:30PM PAGE 52 Kumiko the Treasure Hunter A jaded Japanese woman discovers a hidden copy of Fargo on VHS, believing it to 4PM PAGE 43 be a treasure map indicating Obama Mama the location of a large case Stanley Ann Dunham, the of money. mother of President Barack Obama. Director’s Q&A.

1:30PM PAGE 31/37 Screenwriting Class: Uniting Story Structure & Character Arc with Michael Hauge Renowned Hollywood script and story consultant Noon PAGE 35 Michael Hauge, best-selling author of Writing Actors Workshop: Marketing for Actors Screenplays That Sell and Selling Your Story in 60 What do you need as an actor in today’s competitive market? Seconds: The Guaranteed Way to Get Your Screenplay Speakers: Cholee Thompson, Levy Moroshan & Rich Morris. or Novel Read, will present his unique approach to creating compelling stories and screenplays, and to Noon PAGE 37 eliciting emotion in your readers and audience, through Screenwriting Class: DO IT YOURSELF character transformation. Making your own film? Writing for a niche market? Writing a web series? This class covers everything you need to know. 4PM PAGE 31/37 #PDXPITCH: Pitch your movie idea to Hollywood 1:30PM Insiders Work-in-Progress Panel - Open to All Filmmakers Have you got a great idea for a movie? To pitch, just A talk with directors currently in development on their projdrop $5 in the hat, and the floor is yours. You have ects. Bring your project video or something to show. two minutes to convince the panelists your script is Limit of time may dictacte length of presentation. Email great, and maybe to read it. They can and will gong programming@portlandfilmfestival.com to get on the list. you off if you are boring. FIFTH AVENUE CINEMAS 510 SW HALL ST

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NETWORKING FILMS CINEMA 21 11AM PAGE 55 The Sublime & Beautiful After losing their children to a drunk driving accident, David and Kelly descend into a complicated spiral of grief. Director’s Q&A. 12:45PM PAGE 49 Big in Japan Rock-and-roll road movie about a struggling Seattle band determined to not fade away. The film, which is based loosely on actual events, follows real life rockers, Tennis Pro, as they travel to Japan—a last ditch attempt to prevent their day jobs from becoming their careers. Director’s Q&A. 2:30PM PAGE 55 Suck it Up Buttercup When the worlds of addiction, denial, deceit and dementia suddenly collide one night, the collateral damage from teenage drug use is laid bare Director’s Q&A.

FILM TOUR

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10AM PAGE 18 Coffee Chat w/ Filmmakers Panel w/ directors from today’s films.

5:30PM Portland Film Club Come network with Portland film lovers. The Portland Film & Movie Club is Portland’s largest “movie club,” setup like a book club with over 1800 members. JOIN/RSVP: meetup.com/portlandfilm

RINGLERS 11AM-5PM PAGE 18 Filmmakers Lounge Sponsored by Pro Photo Supply. FREE WIFI, snacks & happy hour drink. Music at 4PM.

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3:30PM PAGE 33 DSLR Cinema w/ Jason Momoa (Game of Thrones) & Brian Mendoza DP of Road to: Paloma

Brian Mendoza and Actor/Director Jason Momoa (Game of Thrones) discuss the ins and outs of making Momoa’s first feature length film using DSLR cameras. Bring your questions and learn from this amazing team.

5PM PAGE 33 Road to Paloma w/ Jason Momoa (Game of Thrones) Wolf, a Native American on the run after avenging his mother’s murder, flees across the desolate American West on his motorcycle, where he’ll discover that justice has a cost. Director’s Q&A. 8PM PAGE 33 Road to Paloma w/ Jason Momoa (Game of Thrones) Director Jason Momoa will introduce the film.

Come out and play. 8/26-9/1. Buy tickets now at portlandfilmfestival.com. Check website or mobile app for full description and content information.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Filmmakers Coffee Chat Daily

Tue 8/26 through Sun 8/31 10AM at Lola’s Room

Come and listen to the filmmakers talk about today’s movies—wake up with coffee and snacks and let the backstories help you decide which films to see. In case you’re camera-shy, the session will be recorded on both video and audio. If you’re not, dress nice.

Tue 8/26 through Sun 8/31 11AM-5PM at Ringler’s We’ve reserved Ringler’s Pub for the duration of the festival to give filmmakers a place to meet each other, fuel up on northwest pub fare and locally-brewed pints, or maybe even get some work done. The Filmmakers Lounge is one of the most popular perks of the event—a central destination for industry professionals, actors, writers, directors, producers, studio executives, filmmakers, financial decision makers, and their guests.

Filmmakers Lounge Daily

Tue 8/26 5:30PM at Lola’s Room Opening Night VIP Red Carpet & Green Room Experience with Cast & Crew. Mingle with fellow film-goers in Lola’s Room at the Crystal Hotel before the premiere of SEX ED and GLENA. The two movies’ casts and crews—including Haley Joel Osment of Sixth Sense—will celebrate the imminent screenings of their work with you.

Come out and play. 8/26-9/1. Buy tickets now at portlandfilmfestival.com. Support independent film in Portland: Donate. Volunteer. Attend events.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Opening Film: Sex Ed World Premiere

Tue 8/26 - Music at 5:30PM, Film at 7PM at Crystal Ballroom Fri 8/29 2:30PM at Living Room

Eddie is in the post-collegiate doldrums. Shitty job, shitty apartment, no girlfriend. He’s sick of being the passive nice guy who never gets the girl and doesn’t get the job. So he goes after it. Eddie wants to be a teacher – but he takes a job supervising an after school detention program. He quickly discovers that the kids are getting no form of sexual education – and if he doesn’t teach it, they’re going to learn about sex from the internet. And the internet is a dark place. Eddie isn’t equipped to teach sex ed – he’s a virgin. But he fakes it, and soon the kids start to love and look forward to his class. He even scores a date with the older sister of one of his students. But everything falls apart when his new girlfriend finds out that Eddie gave her little brother condoms, and the head of the local PTA threatens to cancel his class. USA 90m. DIR (in attendance): Isaac Feder. Cast: Haley Joel Osment, Abby Elliott, Glen Powell, Parker Young, Laura Harring, George Eads, Lorenza Izzo, Matt Walsh, Ray Santiago, Lamorne Morris, Retta & Chris Williams. Opening Shorts: Whisker: A homeless, hungry drifter and his dog discover judging night at a local beard-growing contest. Fletch: Frisbee golf legend Fletch embarks on an epic journey to make his mark in the world, and learn what it means to be a man. Pre-Film Music: Dj Little Bother. Pre-Film Dance Troop: Hippoh Dance Project. Come out and play. 8/26-9/1. Buy tickets now at portlandfilmfestival.com. Check website or mobile app for full description and content information.

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SPECIAL EVENTS

Opening Film: Glena

Tue 8/26 - Music at 5:30PM, Film at 7PM at Mission Theater Sat 8/30 2PM at Clinton St.

A single mother from The Dalles, Oregon in her 30’s decides to bank her future on a career as a mixed martial arts (MMA) cage fighter. Training night and day for her matches, Glena’s total commitment throws her family into crisis, with her children needing her care and her time at her job conflicting with her rigorous workout schedule. But if she can give her all and continue to win her fights, she has a shot at the big time and a future as a professional athlete. Can Glena triumph? USA 83m. DIR (in attendance): Allan Luebke. Subject Glena “Heartless” Avila in attendance. Opening Shorts: Adventure Galley—Marooned: 1950’s Earth—resources depleted, economic despair. Punches & Pedicures: Within the small town of Defiance, Ohio all is not as it seems. When night comes around a seemingly normal nail salon changes. Pre-Film Music: Adventure Galley.

Opening Night After Party

Tue 8/26 8:30PM at Crystal Ballroom

After the films, party the night away with casts and crews in the extravagant atmosphere of the Crystal Ballroom. Dance, imbibe, and nibble your way among the beautiful people to give our first night a glamorous finish. Dress up—whatever that means to you! This is Portland, after all. Music: Us Lights, Oh Darling and DJ Little Bother.

Come out and play. 8/26-9/1. Buy tickets now at portlandfilmfestival.com. Check website or mobile app for full description and content information.

SPECIAL EVENTS

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Fri 8/29 4:30PM Music, Films at Sunset Wallace Park, Free Admission

As a pair of young documentary-makers investigate the legendary Wizardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Way game, heroes are tested, villains unmasked and lives fall apart. Will the film ever be finished? Will anyone escape unscathed? England 80m. DIR (in attendance): Metal Man. Bands: Cooper, Redray Frazier and The Resolectrics. Vendors: Whole Bowl, Frying Scotsman, Evas Herbucha, Poplandia, Ash Wood Fired Pizza Grilled Cheese Grill, Gastromania, Ruby Jewel Ice Cream, Local Roasting Company, Greenleaf Juices, Portland Cider Co, TeSoAria Winery, Shirt Nerdery & Stormbreaker Brewing.

Come out and play. 8/26-9/1. Buy tickets now at portlandfilmfestival.com. Support independent film in Portland: Donate. Volunteer. Attend events.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Ping Pong Summer

Sat 8/30 4:30PM Music, Films at Sunset Wallace Park, Free Admission

The year is 1985. Rad Miracle is a shy, 13-year-old white kid obsessed with two things: PingPong and hip-hop. Ping Pong Summer is about that time in your life when you’re treated like an alien by everyone around you, even though you know—deep down—you’re as funky fresh as it gets. USA 92m. DIR: Michael Tully. Bands: The Minus 5, The My Oh Mys, Swansea. Vendors: Whole Bowl, Frying Scotsman, Danos Dogs, Ruby Jewel Ice Cream, Evas Herbucha, Poplandia, Local Roasting Company, Portland Cider Co, TeSoAria Winery & Shirt Nerdery & Stormbreaker Brewing.

Bronx Obama

Sun 8/31 4:30PM Music, Films at Sunset Waterfront Park, Free Admission

When Louis Ortiz shaved off his goatee one day in 2008, his life changed forever. He looked in the mirror and he didn’t see himself – a middle-aged, unemployed Puerto Rican father from the Bronx. He saw the face of change, of hope… of money. Bronx Obama tells the strange and improbable tale of a Barack Obama impersonator who tries to cash in on the “look of a lifetime” and chases a fevered American dream from opportunity to oblivion. USA 80m. DIR (in attendance): Ryan Murdock. Louis Ortiz in attendance. Bands: Midnight Serenaders, Jenny Finn Ochrestra, Jacob Miller & The Bridge City Crooners. Vendors: Whole Bowl, Frying Scotsman, Danos Dogs, Evas Herbucha, Poplandia, Ash Wood Fired Pizza, Gastromania, Ruby Jewel Ice Cream, Greenleaf Juices, Portland Cider Co, TeSoAria Winery & Shirt Nerdery & Stormbreaker Brewing. Come out and play. 8/26-9/1. Buy tickets now at portlandfilmfestival.com. Check website or mobile app for full description and content information.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Writers Networking at the Library

Wed 8/27 5:30PM, Free Admission Multnomah County Central Library

Do you write for the movies—or want to, or just want a peek at some industry insiders? Join screenwriters, directors, authors and readers in Portland’s biggest and oldest library to network. Put in your two cents or just chill with free snacks and soft drinks. Co-sponsored by Willamette Writers and the Multnomah County Library system. It’s the first room on the right as you enter. Music: Will Dudley, West African Harp Player

Women in Film networking & industry panel All filmmakers welcome

Wed 8/27 5:30PM, Free Admission Mission Theater

Come out and listen to a panel of professionals in the film industry. Networking before and after. This is the monthly meetup for the WOMEN IN FILM non-profit in Portland, Oregon. Anyone interested in film should attend and learn from the over 50 years of experience from panelists. Space is limited. RSVP today.

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Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure 25TH Anniversary Screening

Wed 8/27 7PM Cinema 21

Bill and Ted are two dudes facing one most heinous history exam. History’s about to be rewritten by two guys who can’t even spell. USA 98m. DIR: Stephen Herek. Screenwriters in attendance: Ed Solomon (Writer of Men in Black), Chris Matheson. Moderator: Randall Jahnson (screenwriter of the Doors movie with Val Kilmer.) Dress up like your favorite historical figure to win a prize.

Come out and play. 8/26-9/1. Buy tickets now at portlandfilmfestival.com. Support independent film in Portland: Donate. Volunteer. Attend events.

SPECIAL EVENTS Wed 8/27 7:30PM at Pro Photo Supply Event Center If you can’t write a story on paper, how do you expect to make it on film? Portland-based author Jon Raymond’s first novel brought his work to the attention of Kelly Reichardt and together they made four movies, including Meek’s Cutoff and Night Moves. Joining Raymond to discuss how a story becomes a movie, we have Bend Film Festival best screenplay winner Steve Doughton (Buoy), Jon Garcia (The Falls), Brian Padian (The Black Sea), and Darcy Miller (A Hundred Eighty Degrees). Moderated by Vu Pham (Permutations).

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Filmmakers Bash w/ Tennis Pro

Wed 8/27 9:30PM at Lola’s Room

No better reason, than networking and hanging out with filmmakers and local Portlanders. Seattle band Tennis Pro, featured in the award-winning film, Big in Japan, are playing following the screening of their film. Don’t miss this amazing music group before they jet back to Japan.

Doug Loves Movies Live Podcast

Thu 8/28 4:20PM at Mission Theater

Comedian Doug Benson (Super High Me and Comedy Central’s The Benson Interruption), hosts a podcast where he talks to his hilarious special surprise guests about his first love... movies! To have a chance at winning some prizes, bring a movie themed name tag! LIVE MUSIC BEFORE PODCAST: Teach Me Equals. PODCAST STARTS: 4:20pm. Come out and play. 8/26-9/1. Buy tickets now at portlandfilmfestival.com. Check website or mobile app for full description and content information.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Meet your (film)MAKER w/ OMPA

Thu 8/28 6PM at Mission

Film industry reception with OMPA—Portland’s chapter of the largest media organization supporting the film industry in Oregon.

Labyrinth Anniversary Screening with Toby Froud & Lessons Learned

Thu 8/28 7PM at Cinema 21

Revival screening of newly restored copy of the cult classic. Fifteen-year-old Sarah accidentally wishes her baby half-brother, Toby, away to the Goblin King, Jareth, who will keep Toby if Sarah does not complete his Labyrinth in thirteen hours. USA 101m. DIR: Jim Henson. Includes special screening of Toby Froud’s new short, Lessons Learned, produced by Heather Henson and screening of behind-the-scenes video. Puppets will be on display. Bring your cameras and dress up for a chance to win a prize. Best costume wins. All ages.

Books to Film

Thu 8/28 7:30PM at Pro Photo Supply Event Center

Learn how to acquire rights to intellectual property and how writers work with agents, publishers, and filmmakers when their book gets adapted. Literary agent Fiona Kenshole worked with Portland-based Laika acquiring and adapting books and original scripts into movies, including Coraline and Paranorman. She’ll moderate a panel discussion with Blake Nelson (Paranoid Park), Whitney Otto (How To Make An American Quilt), Randall Jahnson (The Doors), Arthur Bradford (Six Days To Air), and James Lucas Jones (Captain America: The Winter Soldier).

Come out and play. 8/26-9/1. Buy tickets now at portlandfilmfestival.com. Support independent film in Portland: Donate. Volunteer. Attend events.

SPECIAL EVENTS

The Greatest Movie Ever Rolled

Fri 8/29 5:15PM at Mission

Two comedians, Doug Benson and Graham Elwood, decide to make a movie detailing their lives on the road. USA 81m. DIR: Ryan Polito. Doug Benson in attendance.

Portland Film & Video Networking

Fri 8/29 5:30PM Wallace Park, Free Admission

Filmmaker Networking with Portland Film & Video Networking Meetup. Last year brought out over 100 attendees. Don’t miss Portland’s hippest film group.

Screenplay Competition Reading

Fri 8/29 2:30PM at Pro Photo Supply Event Center

Listen to selections from this year’s competition finalists read by local actors: Triskaidekaphobia by Brian Padian. Alex Flatman struggles with romance and alienation in his search to make sense of his approaching 30th birthday. My Posse’s in the Zone by Jesaka Long. An aspiring writer who grapples with the complexities of love, friendship and growing up when she’s promoted to manage a piercing and tattoo salon in 1990s Seattle. Pelham Bay Park by John Burdeaux. Two girls meet at a deserted baseball field in the Bronx and are drawn into an absurd and possibly menacing match of wills. Pocket Girl by Alexandra Blatt. Eager to settle down with her boyfriend, a restless journalist tries to sabotage an online dating assignment without losing her job, her friends, or herself. Come out and play. 8/26-9/1. Buy tickets now at portlandfilmfestival.com. Check website or mobile app for full description and content information.

SPECIAL EVENTS

#STORYWORLD14 Transmedia Storytelling

Sat 8/30 Noon at 5th Avenue Cinemas

#STORYWORLD14 celebrates storytellers who create immersive narrative experiences that connect with audiences in new ways using games, interactive videos, apps, social media characters, alternate reality games, or any story that isn’t confined to a single platform. Acclaimed author Daniel H. Wilson (ROBOPOCALYPSE) will moderate a panel discussion, including Ted Chiang (STORY OF YOUR LIFE), William Hertling (THE LAST FIREWALL), Sara B. Cooper (CONTINUUM), Andrew Duchon (virtual reality), and Fonda Lee (ZEROBOXER).

Science Fiction, Film & Technology

Sat 8/30 1:30PM at 5th Avenue Cinemas

Discover the elements of great science fiction. Acclaimed author Daniel H. Wilson (Robopocalypse) will moderate a panel discussion with his peers, including Ted Chiang (Story Of Your Life), Sara B. Cooper (Continuum), William Hertling (The Last Firewall), Andrew Duchon (virtual reality), and FonAcclaimed Daniel Wilsonhow (ROBOPOCALYPSE) willviewing moderate a panel discussion, da Leeauthor (Zeroboxer). AskH.yourself, will movie making and be different in the future? including Ted Chiang (STORY OF YOUR LIFE), William Hertling (THE LAST FIREWALL), Sara B. Cooper (CONTINUUM), Andrew Duchon (virtual reality), and Fonda Lee (ZEROBOXER).

Music to Picture: A Panel Discussion

Sat 8/30 3PM at 5th Avenue Cinemas

Award-winning composers discuss the process of creating music for film. Panelists include Dave Metzger (Disney’s Frozen), Mark Orton (Nebraska and co-founder of the Tin Hat Trio), Peter Bosack (Glena & founding member of Wax Fingers), and Andrew Poole Todd (House of Last Things, War Flowers). Moderated by Edmund Stone of All Classical Portland and Producer/Host of the nationally syndicated film music program, “The Score,” heard weekly in 59 US cities.

Come out and play. 8/26-9/1. Buy tickets now at portlandfilmfestival.com. Support independent film in Portland: Donate. Volunteer. Attend events.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Work-In-Progress

Sat 8/30 4:30PM at 5th Avenue Cinemas

A talk with directors currently in development on their projects, including Dave Normanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s What Moves You and Matt Zodrow and Tracy MacDonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Whitelandia.

Actors Networking SAG/AFTRA

Sat 8/30 5:30PM Wallace Park, Free Admission

Network with other acting professionals. Sponsored by SAG/AFTRA.

Rocky Horror Picture Show

Sat 8/30 10:30PM at Clinton St. Theater

A newly engaged couple have a breakdown in an isolated area and must pay a call to the bizarre residence of Dr. Frank-N-Furter. USA 100m. DIR: Jim Sharman. Remember this is an interactive show. The Rocky Horror Picture Show is hosted by the Clinton Street Cabaret. They start the evening out with a pre-show that includes virgin games, and they perform live as the movie plays on the screen behind them. This can be a rowdy, raunchy Rocky experience. Think South Park without anything bleeped out. And while the cast itself has certain rules and guidelines under which it operates, we cannot control and would not want to censor the conduct or speech of audience members. Come out and play. 8/26-9/1. Buy tickets now at portlandfilmfestival.com. Check website or mobile app for full description and content information.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Dennis Nyback’s Historic Film Tour of Portland

Sat 8/30 10AM at Ringler’s Sun 8/31 10AM at Ringler’s

Join Portland curator and verified film nut Dennis Nyback for one-of-a-kind downtown walking tour of some of the key sites that have played a significant role in the city’s film history. Through the tour, we’ll stroll through nearly 100 years of motion pictures in the Rose City, from the early wild film scene in the ‘10s and ‘20s to our modern era.

Editors Panel

Sat 8/30 1:30PM at Art Institute

Editing a film can be one of the most creative aspects of filmmaking. This panel with five professional and award-winning editors will illuminate editing’s darker corners for directors, editors, and other post-production people, from cutting and matching action to creating contrast and parallelism. Moderator by Bryan Sebok, Assistant Professor of Media Studies at Lewis and Clark College. Speakers: Kerribeth Elliot (dOCUMENTA exhibition, Comcast’s Sportsnet series, and PBS’s POV series), Chris Willett (advertising for Marvel, Disney, Warner, Fox Sports, Universal Studios), Jon Price (Jimmy Neutron) and Christopher Murrie, A.C.E. (Coraline and ParaNorman).

Audio Post 101

Wed 8/27 5PM at Digital One 2112 SW 1st Ave. Suite 100 - FREE Admission

Ryan Mauk, a professional sound designer and mixer, will discuss how to best prepare your project for audio post and the challenges faced during the mixing process. Topics covered will include: mixing in 5.1 surround vs stereo, ADR, sound design, OMF/AAF preparation, voice-over recording and proper file organization. The workshop will also include a tour of a post production facility and examples of different types of projects.

Come out and play. 8/26-9/1. Buy tickets now at portlandfilmfestival.com. Support independent film in Portland: Donate. Volunteer. Attend events.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Uniting Story Structure & Character Arc w/ Michael Hauge

Sun 8/31 1:30PM at 5th Avenue Cinemas

Renowned Hollywood script and story consultant Michael Hauge, best-selling author of Writing Screenplays That Sell and Selling Your Story in 60 Seconds: The Guaranteed Way to Get Your Screenplay or Novel Read, will present his unique approach to creating compelling stories and screenplays, and to eliciting emotion in your readers and audience. He will show how intertwining your hero’s outer journey of accomplishment with the inner journey of fulfillment will greatly increase both the artistic achievement and the commercial success of your screenplays and films.

#PDXPITCH - Pitch your movie idea

Sun 8/31 4:00PM at 5th Avenue Cinemas Have you got a great idea for a movie? This is it! Your chance to pitch your movie idea directly to a panel of film executives. These are the people who matter. They are the people who buy scripts – they are the people who decide what will be made and what won’t. Come listen for free or put $5 in the hat to pitch your idea.

Festival Awards Ceremony

Sun 8/31 5:00PM at Waterfront Park

Awards for Audience Award, Best Documetnary Feature and Short, and Best Narrative Feature and Short. Music: Cory Phillips. Come out and play. 8/26-9/1. Buy tickets now at portlandfilmfestival.com. Check website or mobile app for full description and content information.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Closing Night After Party

Sun 8/31 8:30PM at White Space Gallery 1439 NW Marshall St

Come celebrate the end of the Portland Film Festival. Compare film favorites with that new friend you met and spill your workshop stories with that panelist at the bar. Either way, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in for a great time at our last party of the festival! MUSIC: DJ Mesh & Lace.

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Road to Paloma w/ Director & Actor Jason Momoa (Game of Thrones)

Mon 9/1 5PM at Mission Mon 9/1 8PM at Mission

Wolf, a Native American on the run after avenging his mother’s murder, flees across the desolate American West on his motorcycle, where he’ll discover that justice has a cost. USA 91m. DIR (in attendance): Jason Momoa. LIVE MUSIC starts before screening. MUSIC:The Pynnacles

DSLR Cinema w/ Brian Mendoza & Jason Momoa (Game of Thrones)

Mon 9/1 3:30PM at Pro Photo Supply Event Center

Director of Photogrpahy Brian Mendoza and Actor/Director Jason Momoa (Game of Thrones) discuss the ins and outs of making Momoa’s first feature length film using DSLR cameras. Bring your questions and learn from this amazing team.

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Living & Working in L.A.

Wed 8/27 2PM at Pro Photo Supply Event Center Be prepared before you make the move to new york or L.A. Do you truly understand what it’ll take before you make this giant leap of faith? Speaker: Blake Robbins (Known to televison audiences for his performances as Dave Brass on the to televison audiences for his performances as Dave Brass on the critically acclaimed HBO series OZ, as Tom Halpert (Jim’s older brother) on the hit NBC comedy The Office, Mitch Glender on FX’s Sons of Anarchy, more recently as Dennis Evans on the new TNT series Legends, as well as another 30 plus guest appreances.)

Working with Casting Directors

Thu 8/28 4PM at Pro Photo Supply Event Center

You wonder how casting directors are going to find you. Of course you do! Whether you have an agent or not, you’re out there ready to go to work and you want casting directors to know how great you are. Speaker: Eryn Goodman (Cast Iron Studios).

How to Get/Work with an Agent

Thu 8/28 5:30PM at Pro Photo Supply Event Center

The agent. The front line of the business, standing between you and the casting director. Without an agent, you have no career and no hope of one. Speakers: Cholee Thompson (Ryan Artists) & Dennis Troutman (Option Model and Media.)

Directors on Actors

Fri 8/29 4PM at Private Rooftop

Directors talk about the hardest discussions to have with actors and what kind of direction you need to provide for a successful film. Speaker: Jason Satterlund. Director: Shawn Telford.

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Fri 8/29 6PM at Private Rooftop

Throughout film, television and the internet many of the most hilarious, poignant and gripping performances have at their core the immediate authenticity of improvisation. Currently auditioning actors have become very familiar with requests for “strong improv skills.” This workshop pushes beyond quick wit and wild characters and hones the skills of strong choices, responsive listening and authentic dialogue. Speaker: Nicholas Kessler.

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WORKSHOPS

Improv for Actors

Sat 8/30 1:30PM at 5th Avenue Cinemas

When you’re called in for an acting audition, the people present at the audition will include you, the casting director, and maybe a handful of other complete strangers. Some of these other people may be the producer, a camera operator (if they’re taping the auditions), the casting director’s bored friend or relative, a representative from the advertiser (in the case of a commercial audition), or a dance choreographer or musical director (in the case of a musical). Moderator: Alexandra Blatt Speakers: Simon Max Hill, Todd Robinson & Ted Rooney.

SAG-AFTRA Panel

The Business of Acting w/ Chris Comte.

Sat 8/30 3PM at 5th Avenue Cinemas

Sat 8/30 5:30PM at Wallace Park Network with other acting professionals before the screening of Susan Sarandon’s Ping Pong Summer in Wallace Park.

SAG/AFTRA Actors Networking Marketing for Actors

Sun 8/31 Noon at 5th Avenue Cinemas

What do you need as an actor in today’s competitive market? These are the several marketing tools that will put you in the running for roles in all markets. Speakers: Cholee Thompson, Levy Moroshan & Rich Morris.

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Screenwriting Screenwriters, you have questions and we can get you the answers. Sponsored by Willamette Writers, we are hosting workshops on dialogue, structure, visual storytelling, how to pitch your script, and more: Wed 8/27 Noon at Pro Photo Supply Event Center What makes great dialogue? How can I make my characters each have a different and unique voice? 40 Professional Dialogue Techniques you can use today, subtext, subtitles, humor, sizzling banter, anti-dialogue, speeches, and more. Instructor: William Martell.

WORKSHOPS

Dialogue To Die For

8/27 4PM at Pro Photo Hollywood is Everywhere: Today WedSupply Event Center (And Tomorrow) w/ Randall Jahnson Screenwriter Randall Jahnson (The Doors, The Mask of Zorro) leads a discussion with special guests that examines the obstacles and opportunities that today’s post-Hollywood landscape offers aspiring and veteran script writers.

Writers networking at Multnomah Wed 8/27 5:30PM at Multnomah County Central Library County Central Library Join screenwriters, directors, authors and readers in Portland’s biggest and oldest library to network. Put in your two cents or just chill. Co-sponsored by Willamette Writers and the Multnomah County Library system. We’ll be in the first room on the right when you enter the building.

Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure: Film & Q&A with Screenwriters

Wed 8/27 7PM at Cinema 21

Screenwriters Ed Solomon (Men In Black) and Chris Matheson are both attending the anniversary screening for a quick Q&A moderated by Randall Jahnson.

Screenwriting & Independent Filmmaking

Wed 8/27 7:30PM at Pro Photo Supply Event Center

If you can’t write a story on paper, how do you expect to make it on film? Portland-based author Jon Raymond’s first novel brought his work to the attention of Kelly Reichardt and together they made four movies, including Meek’s Cutoff and Night Moves. Joining Raymond to discuss how a story becomes a movie, we have Bend Film Festival best screenplay winner Steve Doughton (Buoy), Jon Garcia (The Falls), Brian Padian (The Black Sea), and Darcy Miller (A Hundred Eighty Degrees). Moderated by Vu Pham (Permutations). Thu 8/28 Noon at Pro Photo Supply Event Center Technique-based class with 25 ways to improve description, create hidden camera angles, tell your story visually. Decisions, metaphors, symbolism, why pictures are worth a thousand words. Instructor: William Martell.

Visual Storytelling

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Thu 8/28 7:30PM at Pro Photo Supply Event Center Learn how to acquire rights to intellectual property and how writers work with agents, publishers, and filmmakers when their book gets adapted. Literary agent Fiona Kenshole worked with Portland-based Laika acquiring and adapting books and original scripts into movies, including Coraline and Paranorman. She’ll moderate a panel discussion with Blake Nelson (Paranoid Park), Whitney Otto (How To Make An American Quilt), Randall Jahnson (The Doors), Arthur Bradford (Six Days To Air), and James Lucas Jones (Captain America: The Winter Soldier).

Books to Film

Breaking Your Story

Fri 8/29 Noon at Pro Photo Supply Event Center

Screenwriting Competition Reading

Fri 8/29 2:30PM at Pro Photo Supply Event Center

Listen to selections from this year’s competition finalists. Read by local actors.

Structural Freaks!

Sat 8/30 Noon at 5th Avenue Cinemas

William Goldman says, “Structure is everything”. Do you understand structure? Is your script running out of steam halfway through? Explore different methods of structuring your screenplay–alternatives to the three act structure like the Navajo Story Circle, Tag Teams, Strange Chronologies, and more. The workshop uses examples like Run, Lola, Run; Pulp Fiction; Crash; Slackers and other odd storytelling methods. Instructor: William Martell.

Science Fiction, Film and Technology

Sat 8/30 1:30PM at 5th Avenue Cinemas

Discover the elements of great science fiction. Acclaimed author Daniel H. Wilson (Robopocalypse) will moderate a panel discussion with his peers, including Ted Chiang (Story Of Your Life), Sara B. Cooper (Continuum), William Hertling (The Last Firewall), Andrew Duchon (virtual reality), and Fonda Lee (Zeroboxer). Ask yourself, how will movie making and viewing be different in the future? Sun 8/31 Noon at 5th Avenue Cinemas Writing for a budget, writing for non-actors, getting the most production value out of your budget. Instructor: William Martell.

Do it Yourself

Uniting Story Structure & Character Arc with Michael Hauge

Sun 8/31 1:30PM at 5th Avenue Cinemas

Renowned Hollywood script and story consultant Michael Hauge, best-selling author of Writing Screenplays That Sell and Selling Your Story in 60 Seconds: The Guaranteed Way to Get Your Screenplay or Novel Read, will present his unique approach to creating compelling stories and screenplays, and to eliciting emotion in your readers and audience, through character transformation. Instructor: Michael Hauge. Sun 8/31 4PM at 5th Avenue Cinemas

#PDXPITCH - Pitch your movie idea

Have you got a great idea for a movie? This is it! Throw $5 in the hat and get your chance to pitch your movie idea directly to a panel of film executives. Come out and play. 8/26-9/1. Buy tickets now at portlandfilmfestival.com. Check website or mobile app for full description and content information.

WORKSHOPS

When you have an idea or a character, how do you turn that into a story? We’ll take you step-by-step from finding the “story seed” at the core of your idea or character to growing a screenplay. What scenes will you need? What supporting characters will you need? What do you need to make sure all of the story elements are organic? Instructor: William Martell.

City of Hate: Dallas and the Assassination

Sun 8/31 11AM at Laurelhurst Theater

A politically turbulent city preparing for a presidential visit, the immense pride many Dallas residents felt to see the president in their hometown, and the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s damaged reputation that followed the death of President Kennedy. USA 57m. DIR: Quin Mathews.

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The Most Dangerous way to School - Nepal!

Sun 8/31 11AM at Laurelhurst Theater

The children from the village Kumpur in the high mountains of Nepal risk their life every day on the way to school. Germany 48m. DIR: Joachim Foerster.

Fri 8/29 1:30PM at Living Room Sun 8/31 6PM at Mission

An entertaining tale of banning bottled water in small town America. In 1775, Concord patriots fired the infamous ‘shot heard round the world’ that began a Revolution and defined a nation. Now a local eighty-four year-old woman has waged another seemingly unwinnable battle. USA 82m. DIR: Kris Kaczor.

Fatherland

Sat 8/30 1:15PM at Cinema 21

In the remote South African bush, a group of boys struggle over nine days at a military-style camp. However, what starts out as basic training, fitness and camaraderie, soon intensifies as the true nature of the camp is revealed and the boys are forced to question their place in the ‘New South Africa.’ USA 83m. DIR: Tarryn Lee Crossman. Come out and play. 8/26-9/1. Buy tickets now at portlandfilmfestival.com. Check website or mobile app for full description and content information.

DOCUMENTARY

Divide in Concord

Fight Church

Thu 8/28 7PM at Living Room Sat 8/31 12:45PM at Laurelhurst

The confluence of Christianity and mixed martial arts, the film follows several pastors and fighters in a quest to reconcile their faith with a sport that some consider violent and barbaric. Faith is tried and questions are raised. USA 81m. DIR (in attendance): Bryan Storkel & Daniel Junge.

DOCUMENTARY

Find your Way

Wed 8/27 7PM at Living Room Sat 8/30 2:30PM at Laurelhurst

A busker turned filmmaker takes us inside the world of street muscians. Featuring 90â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rocker Chris Ballew of the Presidents of the USA and violin virtuoso Joshua Bell, this journey will make you think twice about who you are passing on the street. USA 97m. DIR (in attendance): Brian Nunes.

Finding Hillywood

Wed 8/27 5:15PM at Living Room Sat 8/30 11AM at Laurelhurst

Set amongst the hills of Rwanda, one manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s road to forgiveness, his effort to heal his country, and the realization that we all must one day face our past. USA 85m. DIR (in attendance): Leah Warshawski & Chris Towey.

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Hotline

Sun 8/28 2:30PM at Laurelhurst

The people who call and work for telephone hotlines and an exploration of the ways human conversation and connection can fight isolation and alienation in an increasingly digital world. USA 82m. DIR: Tony Shaff.

Thu 8/28 5:15PM at Living Room

Chronicle of one man’s reckoning with his family’s brutal hereditary disease. This first person account brings the viewer intimately into their lives. This is an inimitably made love story between a mother and her son. The film chronicles his path: from caretaker to victim to activist over the course of 18 years. USA 85m. DIR (in attendance): Chris Furbee.

Kidnapped for Christ

Wed 8/27 4PM at Mission Theater

A young evangelical filmmaker is granted unprecedented access inside a controversial Christian behavior modification program for teens. USA 85m. DIR: Kate Logan.

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DOCUMENTARY

Huntington’s Dance

Little Hope was Arson

Wed 8/27 1:45PM at Living Room

In the buckle of the Bible Belt, 10 churches burn to the ground in just over a month igniting the largest criminal investigation in East Texas history. No stone is left unturned and even Satan himself is considered a suspect in this gripping investigation of a community terrorized from the inside out. USA 71m. DIR: Theo Love.

DOCUMENTARY

Love in the Sixties

Wed 8/27 10:15PM at Living Room Sun 8/31 11AM at Laurelhurst

‘First Lady of Keeping Austin Weird’ movement, Aralyn Hughes, who becomes a performance artist/solo performer at the age of 65 after a 35 year business career. A staunch feminist and former director of the first abortion clinic in Austin, Aralyn takes a walk on the wild side. USA 80m. DIR (in attendance): Amparo Garcia-Crow.

Love is a Verb

Fri 8/29 4PM at Mission

Narrated by Ashley Judd. An examination of a social movement of Turkish Muslims that began in Turkey in the l960s, the group called “Hizmet”, the Turkish word for “service”, or The Gulen Movement after its inspiration and beloved teacher Fethullah Gulen, a man that Time Magazine named as one of the most influential leaders in the world in 2013. USA 55m. DIR: Terry Spencer Hessers.

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Thu 8/28 5:15PM at Living Room Sun 8/31 Noon at Mission Theater Growing up fast in 1930s Shanghai, the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Paris of the Orient,â&#x20AC;? Virginia Lumsdaine McCutcheon was imprisoned by the Japanese during World War II at Lunghwa Camp, where she met Bill, her husband-to-be. At 92, Virginia unveils a deeply personal story of love, loss, art, and the art of survival. Portland, OR USA 57m. DIR (in attendance): P.H. Wells.

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DOCUMENTARY

Obama Mama

Thu 8/28 Noon at Living Room Sun 8/31 4PM at Mission

The most powerful man in the world, President Barack Obama, says he owes everything to his mother, Stanley Ann Dunham. USA 83m. DIR: Vivian Norris.

Plant This Movie

Sat 8/29 10PM at Mission Theater

Explores the impact of urban farming on individuals and communities around the world, including segments from Havana, Addis Ababa, London, New York, Shanghai, Lima, New Orleans and Portland, Oregon. Narrated by Daryl Hannah. The music is from a Portland band, The Moonshine. Portland, OR USA 83m. DIR (in attendance): Karney Hatch. Come out and play. 8/26-9/1. Buy tickets now at portlandfilmfestival.com. Check website or mobile app for full description and content information.

Refugees of Shangri-La

Thu 8/28 1:45PM at Living Room Theater

After being torn from paradise and surviving twenty long years in refugee camps, the Kingdom of Bhutan’s forgotten exiles abandon hopes of returning home and seek a future in a far off place called America. USA 56m. DIR: Doria Bramante.

DOCUMENTARY

Salmon Confidential

Thu 8/28 5PM at Clinton St. Theater Sun 8/31 12:45PM at Laurelhurst

When biologist Alexandra Morton discovers BC’s wild salmon are testing positive for dangerous European salmon viruses associated with salmon farming worldwide, a chain of events is set off by government to suppress the findings. Canada 71m. DIR: Twyla Roscovich.

Scarred Lands & Wounded Lives: The Envrionmental Footprint of War

Sat 8/30 Noon at Mission

War entails actions that pollute land, air, and water, destroy biodiversity, and drain natural resources. Yet the environmental damage occasioned by war and preparation for war is routinely underestimated, underreported, even ignored. The environment remains war’s “silent casualty.” USA 56m. DIR: Alice & Lincoln Day.

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Skanks

Wed 8/27 11PM at Clinton St. Theater Sat 8/30 4PM at Clinton St. Theater In the winter of 2012 a community theatre in Birmingham, Alabama mounted an original drag musical, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Skanks in a One Horse Town.â&#x20AC;? From rehearsal through performance, at work, at their homes, and with their loved ones, the cast of amateur performers bond to form a family in religion and football-obessed Alabama. USA 92m. DIR (in attendance): Tony Blahd.

Every year thousands of South Koreans flock to the game stadiums in Seoul to watch the Pro League, a live sports event where professional gamers compete to be the best at one single video game: Starcraft. Korea 87m. DIR: Steven Dhoedt.

Surviving Cliffside

Wed 8/27 3:30PM at Living Room

After their beauty-pageant toddler beats leukemia, a young Appalachian family battles poverty as they attempt to put their lives back together. The father is prone to prescription drug addiction and gun violence, while the overwhelmed mother is confronted with an unwanted pregnancy. Drug dealers and meth heads are their friends and neighbors. USA 66m. DIR (in attendance): Jon Matthews. Come out and play. 8/26-9/1. Buy tickets now at portlandfilmfestival.com. Check website or mobile app for full description and content information.

DOCUMENTARY

Wed 8/27 4:59PM at Clinton St. Sat 8/30 2:30PM at Laurelhurst

State of Play

Tamara W.

Fri 8/29 11:30PM at Living Room

An honest, stripped-down look into the world of voguing, escort business, ecstasy addiction, sexual abuse, and being a transgender girl. The documentary film is a compassionate portrait of Tamara Williams, a 23-year-old Bronx girl with fire in her heart, and too much life experience on her shoulders. USA 53m. DIR (in attendance): Marko Vuorinen. Subject Tamara Williams in attendance.

DOCUMENTARY

Thu 8/28 7PM at Clinton St. Theater Sat 8/30 4PM at Mission Theater The Animal Condition chronicles three and a half years of recent Australian history, when animal welfare grew from a fringe issue to a national focus. Four young people take an investigative road trip around Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;unafraid to ask questions, they speak to all sides. Australia 90m. DIR (in attendance): Michael Dahlstrom.

The Animal Condition

The Drop Box

Sat 8/30 Noon at Clinton St. Theater

Pastor Lee Jong-rak, leader of Jusarang Community Church in Seoul, South Korea, has taken in nearly three dozen children over the past decade, all of whom were abandoned because of their disabilities. USA 79m. DIR: Brian Ivie.

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Wed 8/27 Noon at Living Room Sat 8/30 12:45PM at Laurelhurst The shocking reality that thousands of untested chemicals are in our everyday products, our homes and inside of us. Simultaneously, the prevalence of many diseases continues to rise. From Oscar速 winner Sean Penn and Emmy速 winning journalists Dana Nachman and Don Hardy. USA 91m. DIR: Don Hardy & Dana Nachman.

The Human Experiment

Unbreakable: A Story of Hope & Healing in Haiti

Sat 8/30 2:30PM at Cinema 21 Sun 8/31 2:30PM at Laurelhurst

The aftermath of the earthquake which struck the impoverished island and left the country devastated. This is the story of the efforts to rebuild and bring health and hope back to the people most affected by the disaster. USA 73m. DIR: Michael Macari. Come out and play. 8/26-9/1. Buy tickets now at portlandfilmfestival.com. Check website or mobile app for full description and content information.

DOCUMENTARY

Thu 8/28 6:45PM at Living Room Sat 8/30 2PM at Mission There are casualties.There are survivors.There are those that are both. Set against the world of crack cocaine and gang-banging in NE Portland in the late 1980s, Mitchell Jackson overcomes insurmountable hurdles to become an acclaimed author and creative writing professor at esteemed NYU. USA 83m. DIR (in attendance): The Ewers Brothers & Mitchell S. Jackson.

The Residue Years

B.F.E.

Fri 8/29 8PM at Mission Sun 8/31 2PM at Mission

Grampa has a terminal illness and would rather die than deteriorate. He enlists the unwitting help of his grandson Ian and the two go on an adventure. USA 98m. DIR (in attendance): Shawn Telford.

Big in Japan

Wed 8/27 8:45PM at Mission Sun 8/31 12:45PM at Cinema 21

A struggling Seattle Rock band, Tennis Pro, take one last shot at making it big as they embark on a comical musical odyssey in Tokyo with hopes to prevent their day jobs from becoming their careers. USA 100m. DIR (in attendance): John Jeffcoat.

NARRATIVE

Blemished Light

Sat 8/30 11:45PM at Mission

A Muslim fundamentalist kidnaps a Muslim scholarâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;to kill. A closeted lesbian kidnaps a bisexual activistâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;to marry. India 102m. DIR (in attendance): Raj Amit Kumar. Come out and play. 8/26-9/1. Buy tickets now at portlandfilmfestival.com. Check website or mobile app for full description and content information.

Copenhagen

Wed 8/27 7PM at Living Room Sun 8/31 12:30PM at Laurelhurst

When the girl of your dreams is half your age, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to grow up. Canada 98m. DIR (in attendance): Mark Raso.

Goldberg & Eisenberg

Fri 8/29 11PM at Cinema 21

While waiting for a blind date in a Tel Aviv park, a computer programmer named Jonathan Goldberg (Yitzhak Laor) meets a mysterious man with a penchant for obscene poetry. Israel 98m. DIR (in attendance): Oren Carmi.

House of Last Things

Thu 8/28 7:45PM at Mission

A mind-bending thriller set in Portland, Oregon about an unspoken tragedy and its effects on a house, its temporary caretakers and the owners, a classical music critic and his wife on a recuperative trip to Italy. Portland, OR USA 110m. DIR (in attendance): Michael Bartlett. Music before film: Teach Me Equals Featuring Vern Rumsey.

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Wed 8/27 5:15PM at Living Room Sun 8/31 2:30PM at Laurelhurst

Half Brother

A movie about a dysfunctional family trying to keep it together. USA 75m. DIR (in attendance): Anthony Grippa.

I Believe in Unicorns

Wed 8/27 7PM Mission

Road trip through the stunning and complex landscape of troubled young love. USA 80m. DIR: Leah Meyerhoff.

NARRATIVE

I Play The Phrase Each Other

Wed 8/27 6:45PM at Clinton St. Theater Sun 8/31 2:30PM at Laurelhurst

The first feature film composed entirely of cell phone calls. Portand, OR USA 80m. DIR (in attendance): Jay Alvarez.

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Interior. Leather Bar.

Fri 8/29 11:30PM at Living Room

Filmmakers James Franco and Travis Mathews re-imagine the last 40 minutes from â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cruisingâ&#x20AC;? as a starting point to a broader exploration of sexual and creative freedom. Includes screening of short film the Feast of Stephen. USA 110m. DIR: James Franco.

Kumiko: The Treasure Hunter

Wed 8/27 9PM at Clinton St. Theater Sun 8/31 7:30PM at Mission

A jaded Japanese woman discovers a hidden copy of Fargo on VHS, believing it to be a treasure map indicating the location of a large case of money. USA 105m. DIR: David Zellner.

NARRATIVE

Love Steaks

Wed 8/27 8:30PM at Living Room Sun 8/31 11AM at Laurelhurst

Clemens joins the wellness area at a luxury hotel. Lara needs to assert herself in the kitchen pack. The elevator brings the two of them together. They encounter each other, until they clash. Germany 89m. DIR: Jakob Lass.

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Permutations: Vu Pham

Thu 8/28 10:15PM at Living Room

A trilogy of short films by local director Vu Pham including: Baby Ipecac, My Brother, and Waiting. Portland, OR USA 43m. DIR (in attendance): Vu Pham.

Proud Citizen

Wed 8/27 Noon at Living Room Sat 8/30 6PM at Mission

After winning second place in a playwriting contest, Bulgarian Krasimira Stanimirova travels to the rolling hills of Kentucky for the premiere of her autobiographical, communist-era play ‘Black Coat.’ She spends a week searching for “southern hospitality” and ruminating on her familial relationships. USA 80m. DIR (in attendance): Thom Southerland.

NARRATIVE

Rezeta

Wed 8/27 10:15PM at Living Room Fri 8/29 10AM at Living Room

Rezeta tells the story of a jet-setting model who leads a freewheeling and spontaneous life in Mexico City that starts to change when she falls in love with an unexpected young artist. Mexico 85m. DIR (in attendance): Fernando Frias.

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Rover (Or Beyond Human: The Venusian

Future and the Return of the Next Level)

Thu 8/28 8:30PM at Living Room Sat 8/30 8PM at Clinton St. Theater

Before the Heaven’s Gate cult’s suicide, they shopped their story around to Hollywood.This is the story of their making that film. USA 92m. DIR (in attendance): Tony Blahd.

Suck it Up Buttercup

Thu 8/28 10:30PM at Mission Sun 8/31 2:30PM at Cinema 21

Drug addiction’s collateral damage is laid bare when a former honor student, newly addicted to prescription pills, triggers a fast-moving chain of events that devastates her friends and threatens to tear her family apart. USA 87m. DIR (in attendance): Malindi Fickle.

NARRATIVE

The Sublime & Beautiful

Thu 8/28 10PM at Living Room Sun 8/31 11AM at Cinema 21

After losing their children to a drunk driving accident, David and Kelly descend into a complicated spiral of grief and take very different paths to make things right. USA 93m. DIR (in attendance): Blake Robbins. Come out and play. 8/26-9/1. Buy tickets now at portlandfilmfestival.com. Check website or mobile app for full description and content information.

The Umbrella Man

Thu 8/28 Noon at Living Room Sun 8/31 12:45PM at Laurelhurst

After the tragic death of their son and the acquittal of his killer, a paranoia in Peter threatens his sanity. He becomes fixated on the JFK assassination. USA 117m. DIR (in attendance): Michael Grasso.

Time Lapse

Wed 8/27 1:45PM at Living Room Sat 8/30 8PM at Mission

A modern Hitchcockian thriller with a sci-fi element about three friends who discover a machine that takes pictures 24hrs into the future. They conspire to use it for personal gain until disturbing and dangerous images begin to develop. USA 102m. DIR (in attendance): Bradley King.

NARRATIVE

Veeps: Profiles in Insignificance

Sat 8/30 11AM at Cinema 21

Champions of the American Vice Presidency, Bill and Wayne, are devoted fans of an office that has none, singing praises of men who wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sing their own. Veeps profiles two men pursuing a dream of insignificance, determined to shatter the glass ceiling of their peculiar ambitions. Portland, OR USA 80m. DIR (in attendance): Mike Lay & Brett Warnock.

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Shortsblock 1: People

Wednesday Aug 27TH, 3:30PM Living Room Theater

Come out and play. 8/26-9/1. Buy tickets now at portlandfilmfestival.com. Check website or mobile app for full description and content information.

SHORTS

TO AVOID ANNOYING PEOPLE. Hand-drawn animation uses sarcasm and irony A HOW to criticize social behaviours. USA 6m. DIR: Ariel Nasser. BARN OWL. Jonah wants to create a unique and picturesque proposal B OPERATION to his girlfriend. USA 14m. DIR: Satsuki Okawa. INHERITANCE. Faced with a choice to leave the small town where she was raised C THE for a ‘brighter’ future. USA 11m. DIR (in attendance): Anne M. Hamilton. “BRAVE MEN.” The story of an abusive husband and his seemingly D GRAMATIK’S beaten housewife. USA 6m. DIR: Joe Zohar. BOX. A young boy awakens to find an angel. Portland, OR USA 19m. E THE DIR (in attendance): Christen Kimbell. Two unlucky fishermen are adrift at sea, and starving. F LIME. USA 3m. DIR: Sean Carrow. HER LOTTE! Lost friendship as a husband rises in the SS. G CALL Germany 17m. DIR: Annekathrin Wetzel. HE COMES HOME. A 1950s housewife discovers her husband’s infidelity and H WHEN a cocktail party turns upside down. USA 3m. DIR: Ben Phillippo. SECRET. The story of a super villain father and his daughter. USA 3m. I SUPER DIR: Jim Johnson. Young girl struggles with her mother’s misguided attempts to show love. J CASEY. USA 10m. DIR (in attendance): Miguel Dura.

Shortsblock 2: Decisions

Wednesday Aug 27TH, 8:30PM Living Room Theater

SHORTS

The only thing left to do before John’s big move is to sell his cat Moppet. A MOPPET. USA 6m. DIR: Dave Hill. 1457 LAST. In a subterranean world, seeing the sky could cost your life. Will he B LEVEL make this ultimate sacrifice? Spain 5m. DIR: Xabier Urrutia Perez. ASSASSIN. All Yeti wants to do is fit in. However, he is too big! C YETI USA 10m. DIR: Austin Baker. JOGO. After an argument during a road trip to the countryside, Julia and Fred begin D Oa sexual game with definitive consequences. Brazil 19m. DIR: Pedro Coutinho. I HAVE LEARNED ABOUT SEX AND DOGS. Relationship advice gleaned E THINGS from past boyfriends and her loyal dog. USA 7m. DIR: Janet Duncan. EIGHTY DEGREES. If there were one thing we could do that would change F ourA HUNDRED life in an instant... would we do it? Portland, OR USA 13m. DIR: James Westby. Follow in the footsteps of America’s past and fight for justice, honor G LIBERTY. and liberty. USA 5m. DIR: Lanzhuan Jian HOUSE AT THE EDGE OF THE GALAXY. A young boy awakens to the magic H THE waiting to be discovered in an old, abandoned house. USA 15m. DIR: Gleb Osatinski. WRAP FIRE. A handsome man shatters the innocence of a Chinese teenager. I PAPER USA 13m. DIR: Raymond Yeung. MYSELF - HAIRY SOUL MAN. An anthem of self love uses hand-drawn props and J LOVING sets with trick photography. USA 4m. DIR: Kai Smythe.

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Shortsblock 3: Ritual

Thursday Aug 28TH, 3:00PM Living Room Theater

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A fearful balloon must learn to put his fragile life in the hands of an unlikely friend. A BLUE. USA 8m. DIR: Katelyn Bianchini, Rena Cheng, Asia Lancaster. WISHES. When Richard’s wife suddenly vanishes; he tries to make sense of reality. B BEST USA 10m. DIR: Stuart Doty. An elderly Russian man is unable to keep pace with his wife’s zest for life. C LEADFOOT. USA 5m. DIR (in attendance): Adam Halverson. ARMED MAN. Today is anything but a normal day for CW Rowe. D ONE USA 27m. DIR: Tim Guinee. A ritual celebration at the seaside (music video). E BABYLON. USA 5m. DIR: Felix van Cleef. ON THE WILDERNESS. Boxer and his opponent fight in the ring with the pain of a F BOXER man returned from WWI who must win at all costs. USA 8m. DIR: Alexandra Boyd. HOURS. Randall spends his days imagining the vibrant inner lives of vendors G MARKET at the market where he works. USA 15m. DIR: Jon Goldman. MOPED DIARIES. A new bridge causes a boy to come to grips with change. H THE USA 10m. DIR: Tyler Nilson & Nick Vitale. THAT THOUGH. Musician Matt Stoops tells the allegorical story of a man who I THIS desires to get out of his comfort zone. USA 3m. DIR: Matt Stoops.

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Shortsblock 4: Expectations

Thursday Aug 28TH, 8:30PM Living Room Theater

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SHOT. Richie has wanted to direct pornographic film since he stumbled on A MONEY a Lance Cummaro scene his father accidentally recorded. USA 10m. DIR: Jackie Zhou. Power plays are made with the push of a button as the next text may decide B SUBTEXT. the final word. Portland, OR USA 17m. DIR (in attendance): Jacob Pander & Arnold Pander. Coming of age character study of Frisbee golf legend Fletcher Ferguson. C FLETCH. Portland OR USA 1m. DIR (in attendance): Zen Freese. Gage is injured in an explosion that plunges a rod weighing 13 pounds through D GAGE. his skull. USA 15m. DIR: Keith Wilhelm Kopp. FLOW. Young lovers travel to the desert in search of a holy ground where E SUBSURFACE pains can be washed away. USA 15m. DIR: Carl Bird McLaughlin. Drug addict father awakens to find his only daughter getting married. F BRIDGETOWN. Portland, OR USA 12m. DIR (in attendance): Bryan Tosh. POOPS. An exploration of the unspoken laws of the universe, G EVERYBODY to which we all adhere. USA 5m. DIR: Chris Buchal. TOE. Two parallel stories about the weight of reality on ordinary people. H TIP USA 9m. DIR: Raquel Bordin. CLOUD. A one-night stand causes a woman to reflect on her life. I AUSATIME13m.INDIR:A DARK Rebecca Sgan-Cohen.

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Shortsblock 5: Wit

Friday Aug 29TH, 11:45AM Living Room Theater

A homeless drifter and his dog discover judging night at a local A WHISKER. beard-growing contest. Australia 11m. DIR: Steve Saussey. HIDEOUT. A young girl’s life is thrown into chaos when she is molested by B THE her teacher. USA 16m. DIR: Daniel Wahlen. MISCHIEF. A stranger shows up at a sushi shop, irking the local punk. C SUSHI Show down! USA 2m. DIR: Jim Johnson. LEGACY. A young girl seeks to unearth the hidden truth in a family myth. D TEAL’S USA 19m. DIR: Guy Baker. NO FISH. Animated seals sing the show tune and it’s slowly revealed why E AIN’T there Ain’t No Fish. USA 4m. DIR (in attendance): Tom Gasek & Miki Cash. In Portland, Oregon there is a strange, cult following at the airport. F #PDXCARPET. Portland, OR USA 5m. DIR (in attendance): Jeffrey Janoff. IN FLAMES. Tony ‘Volcano’ Valenci has spent his career attempting to set G DOWN a world record. USA 29m. DIR: William Striblin. WAIT FOR IT. A collage of living portraits. (Music video). H USA 4m. DIR: Juliet Lashinsky Ravene.

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Shortsblock 6: Flow

Friday Aug 29TH, 1:30PM Living Room Theater

Five Pacific Northwest falconers with their birds through their daily life A FLEDGED. and activities. USA 10m. DIR (in attendance): Megan-Paige Hausner. GAME CHANGER. Susan Slotnick teaches dance at a medium security prison B THE for men. USA 17m. World Premiere. DIR (in attendance): Indrani Kopal. AGAIN THIS FLOWER. Upon discovering that his friend is dead, Hou wanders C NEVER around the streets. China 15m. DIR: Hugo Obregon Goyarroia. MOTHER. Maggie is perfectly fine with the fact that her mother, Alice, D SOMEBODY’S has started dating again. USA 13m. DIR: Mandy Fabian. HERO’S POSE. Joe is trying to sell a car that doesn’t run. E THE USA 12m. DIR: Mischa Jakupcak. A romantic crime drama in an unusual setting — an elderly woman’s living F PROXIMITY. room. USA 4m. DIR: Joshua Cox. Visions grow in intensity until the truth finally reveals itself. G GUSTAF. USA 10m. DIR: Yann Caloghiris. In apocalyptic world, Allen, a man with a free-will measuring machine, is deterH CHIMERA. mined to find someone who can score over 8%. USA 11m. DIR: Luka Pascalicchio.

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Shortsblock 7: Search

Friday Aug 29TH, 10PM Mission Theater

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LADDER. CB Wetherall, as scrawny as he is optimistic, is a boy in search of himself and A THE love. USA 7m. DIR: Pete Fitz. TO FIT. Kendra relays stories from her everyday life as an amputee that B MODIFY motivate and define her. USA 5m. DIR: Patrick Murphy. BURNING. Ever wanted to set an ex on fire? Well, enjoy.... C DENOISE’S USA 5m. DIR (in attendance): Chris Buchal. DEMON DEEP IN OKLAHOMA. The lonely lives of a brother and sister living in D THE a remote country home. USA 34m. DIR: Lance R. Marshall. A digital brain attempts to understand the two primal opposites from a survey E BINARY. of human opinions. USA 1m. DIR (in attendance): Andre Silva. ACT TRULY. Two actors find they’re fallen out of love, they agree to ‘act’ like F LOVE they love each other. USA 18m. DIR: Zen Freese. A love affair that is easy and fun for Claire gets challenged when another G MISTRESS reality of John’s life comes in to play. USA 21m. DIR: Anja Murmann. HEEBIE-JEEBIES. Ancient monsters rumored to appear in the night and drag H THE children and parents into their own nightmares. USA 9m. DIR: Todd Slawsby. INVISIBLE HOBBY. A game of technique and imagination where players I THE participate in tactical training. USA 9m. DIR: Wesley Skotko. GALLEY’S-MAROONED. 1950’s Earth - resources depleted, economic J ADVENTURE dispair. USA 4m. DIR (in attendance): Martin Melnick. Come out and play. 8/26-9/1. Buy tickets now at portlandfilmfestival.com. Check website or mobile app for full description and content information.

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Shortsblock 8: Animation

Saturday Aug 30TH, 11AM Laurelhurst Theater

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RATS’ BOOK. Rodents become revenge-seeking DIY publishers after A PORTLANDIA discovering a hateful article on human/rat relations. Portland, OR USA 4m. DIR: Rob Shaw. Nothing is as it seems as this hypnotic story unfolds. B HUSK. Australia 4m. DIR: Paul Howell. NO FISH. Animated seals sing the show tune and it’s slowly revealed why there C AIN’T Ain’t No Fish. USA 4m. DIR: Tom Gasek & Miki Cash. SECRET. The story of a super villain father and his daughter. On her 13th birthday, D SUPER he discovers her deep, dark, secret. USA 3m. DIR: Jim Johnson. A romantic crime drama in an unusual setting — an elderly woman’s living E PROXIMITY. room. USA 4m. DIR: Joshua Cox. A fearful balloon must learn to put his fragile life in the hands of an unlikely friend. F BLUE. USA 8m. DIR: Katelyn Bianchini, Rena Cheng, Asia Lancaster. UNCLUDED: ORGANS. The process of grief and the grace of organ donation G THE punctuate the music video ‘Organs’ by rock duo The Uncluded. USA 3m. DIR: Rob Shaw. MISCHIEF. A stranger shows up at a sushi shop, irking the local punk. H SUSHI Show down! USA 2m. DIR: Jim Johnson. DAM KEEPER. In a desolate future, one small town has survived. I THE USA 18m. DIR: Roberto Kondo. DE LUMIERE. Technology has the power to bring those that are far away J LEveryNOCTURNE near to us. USA 13m. DIR: David Boarini. 1457 LAST. In a subterranean world seeing the sky could cost your life. Will he K LEVEL make this ultimate sacrifice? Spain 5m. DIR: Xabier Urrutia Perez. LEARNED. A young boy receives an intriguing birthday gift from L LESSONS his grandfather. Portland, OR USA 15m. DIR (in attendance): Toby Froud. TO AVOID ANNOYING PEOPLE. Hand-drawn animation uses sarcasm and irony M HOW to critize social behaviors. USA 6m. DIR: Ariel Nasser. Two unlucky fishermen are adrift at sea, and starving. N LIME. USA 3m. DIR: Sean Carrow.

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Shortsblock 9: Student Showcase, Part One

Saturday Aug 30TH, 11AM Laurelhurst Theater

JOGO. After an argument during a road trip to the countryside, Julia and Fred begin A Oa sexual game with definitive consequences. Brazil 19m. DIR: Pedro Coutinho. ISLAND. This island in the delta 45 minutes east of San Francisco is infested B METHEL with crystal meth. USA 12m. DIR: Meg Smaker. Follow in the footsteps of Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s past and fight for justice, honor C LIBERTY. and liberty. USA 5m. DIR: Lanzhuan Jian Drug addict father awakens to find his only daughter getting married. D BRIDGETOWN. Portland, OR USA 12m. DIR (in attendance): Bryan Tosh. WRAP FIRE. A handsome man shatters the innocence of a Chinese teenager. E PAPER USA 13m. DIR: Raymond Yeung. In apocalyptic world, Allen, a man with a free-will measuring machine, is deterF CHIMERA. mined to find someone who can score over 8%. USA 11m. DIR: Luka Pascalicchio. TO AVOID ANNOYING PEOPLE. Hand-drawn animation uses sarcasm and irony G HOW to critize social behaviors. USA 6m. DIR: Ariel Nasser.

Shortsblock 10: Student Showcase, Part Two

Saturday Aug 30TH, 12:15PM Laurelhurst Theater

Two unlucky fishermen are adrift at sea, and starving. A LIME. USA 3m. DIR: Sean Carrow. In Portland, Oregon there is a strange, cult following at the airport. B #PDXCARPET. Portland, OR USA 5m. DIR (in attendance): Jeffrey Janoff. GAME CHANGER. Susan Slotnick teaches dance at a medium security prison C THE for men. USA 17m. World Premiere. DIR (in attendance): Indrani Kopal. TOE. Two parallel stories about the weight of reality on ordinary people. D TIP USA 9m. DIR: Raquel Bordin. HIDEOUT. A young girlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life is thrown into chaos when she is molested by E THE her teacher. USA 16m. DIR: Daniel Wahlen. INHERITANCE. After hitting a deer on her drive home, seventeen-year-old Gitty receives F THE a visit from her estranged father. USA 11m. DIR (in attendance): Anne M. Hamilton.

Shortsblock 11: Perception

Saturday Aug 30TH, 12:45PM Laurelhurst Theater

ARMED MAN. Today is anything but a normal day for CW Rowe. A ONE USA 27m. DIR: Tim Guinee. Gage is injured in an explosion that plunges a rod weighing 13 pounds through B GAGE. his skull. USA 15m. DIR: Keith Wilhelm Kopp. A homeless drifter and his dog discover judging night at a local beard-growing C WHISKER. contest. Australia 11m. DIR: Steve Saussey. SHEILA. Where have all the disco cowboys gone? D OHPortland, OR USA 12m. DIR (in attendance): Jeffrey Sundin. VOLAT PROPRIIS.A struggling writer and an apparition â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is she a muse, or perhaps od, drinks and E ALIS something else?entertainment Portland, OR USA 12m. DIR (in attendance): Christopher Alley. graciously provided SUBSURFACE FLOW. Young by... lovers travel to the desert in search of a holy ground where F pains can be washed away. USA 15m. DIR: Carl Bird McLaughlin. Food, drinks and entertainment ASSASSIN. All Yeti wants to do is fit in. However, he is too big! G YETI graciously provided by... USA 10m. DIR: Austin Baker. GUESTS. A couple stumbles into an akward situation when they enter a vacH UNWELCOME tion home to find unwelcome guests. Portland, OR USA 6m. DIR (in attendance): Martin Vavra. 48 HOUR FILM TOP 3 WINNERS. TBA. I 2014 Portland, OR USA 18m. DIR (in attendance): TBD.

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Shortsblock 12: Whimsy

Saturday Aug 30TH, 2:30PM Laurelhurst Theater

LEGACY. A young girl seeks to unearth the hidden truth in a family myth. A TEAL’S USA 19m. DIR: Guy Baker. A young girl struggles with her mother’s misguided attempts to show love. B CASEY. USA 10m. DIR (in attendance): Miguel Duran. MOTHER. Maggie is perfectly fine with the fact that her mother, C SOMEBODY’S Alice, has started dating again. USA 13m. DIR: Mandy Fabian. BOX. A young boy awakens to find an angel. Portland, OR USA 19m. D THE DIR (in attendance): Christen Kimbell. HOUSE AT THE EDGE OF THE GALAXY. A young boy awakens to the magic E THE waiting to be discovered in an old, abandoned house. USA 15m. DIR: Gleb Osatinski. SAFE WORD. Greg and Billy are a couple who engage in a role-playing fantasy to F spice up their relationship. USA 15m. DIR: Todd Lillethun. CLOUD. A one-night stand causes a woman to reflect on her life. G AUSATIME13m.INDIR:A DARK Rebecca Sgan-Cohen.

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Shortsblock 13: Experimental

Saturday Aug 30TH, 6PM Clinton St. Theater

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HEEBIE-JEEBIES. Ancient monsters rumored to appear in the night and drag children and A THE parents into their own nightmares. USA 9m. DIR: Todd Slawsby. A romantic crime drama in an unusual setting — an elderly woman’s living B PROXIMITY. room. USA 4m. DIR: Joshua Cox. BALLAD OF PETER & EMILY. Peter is at a juncture where nothing in his life makes C THE sense; Emily too. Portland, OR USA 9m. DIR (in attendance): Don Andrews. IPECAC. Kinetic excursion into their volatile criminal dealings inside a hotel room. D BABY Portland, OR USA 10m. DIR: Vu Pham. CARZ. Abandoned cars rest silently in fields for decades, still holding secret E REZ conversations. Portland, OR USA 7m. DIR (in attendance): Clancy Dennehy. Visions grow in intensity until the truth finally reveals itself. F GUSTAF. USA 10m. DIR: Yann Caloghiris. FLOW. Young lovers travel to the desert in search of a holy ground where G SUBSURFACE pains can be washed away. USA 15m. DIR: Carl Bird McLaughlin. SHEILA. Where have all the disco cowboys gone? H OHPortland, OR USA 12m. DIR (in attendance): Jeffrey Sundin. Nothing is as it seems as this hypnotic story unfolds. I HUSK. Australia 4m. DIR: Paul Howell. KID. A young boy is drawn into the world driven by the soundtrack of his life J THE and the magic all around him. USA 9m. DIR: Jeff Winograd. TO AVOID ANNOYING PEOPLE. Hand-drawn animation uses sarcasm and irony K HOW to critize social behaviors. USA 6m. DIR: Ariel Nasser. Come out and play. 8/26-9/1. Buy tickets now at portlandfilmfestival.com. Check website or mobile app for full description and content information.

E Shortsblock 14: Documentary Showcase, Volume One

Thursday Aug 28TH, 1:45PM Living Room Theater

GAME CHANGER. Susan Slotnick teaches dance at a medium security prison A THE for men. USA 17m. World Premiere. DIR (in attendance): Indrani Kopal. NA CEREMONIES. Ceremonies ranging from a film festival to a pig-sacrifice, to a B SOME three-day funerary ceremony. Spain 31m. DIR: Tami Blumenfield. ISLAND. This island in the delta 45 minutes east of San Francisco is infested C METHEL with crystal meth. USA 12m. DIR: Meg Smaker. WRAP FIRE. A handsome man shatters the innocence of a Chinese teenager. D PAPER USA 13m. DIR: Raymond Yeung. INVISIBLE HOBBY. A game of technique and imagination where players participate E THE in tactical training. USA 9m. DIR: Wesley Skotko.

F Shortsblock 15: Documentary Showcase, Volume Two

Saturday Aug 30TH, 11AM Laurelhurst Theater

GAME CHANGER. Susan Slotnick teaches dance at a medium security prison A THE for men. USA 17m. World Premiere. DIR (in attendance): Indrani Kopal. TO FIT. Kendra relays stories from her everyday life as an amputee that B MODIFY motivate and define her. USA 5m. DIR: Patrick Murphy. FLIGHT. After 65 years on the ground, a WWII pilot returns to the sky. Gene C FINAL Fowler is a 91 years old. USA 15m. DIR: David Jorgensen. Five Pacific Northwest falconers with their birds through their daily life D FLEDGED. and activities. USA 10m. DIR (in attendance): Megan-Paige Hausner. WRAP FIRE. A handsome man shatters the innocence of a Chinese teenager. E PAPER USA 13m. DIR: Raymond Yeung. NA CEREMONIES. Ceremonies ranging from a film festival to a pig-sacrifice, to a F SOME three-day funerary ceremony. Spain 31m. DIR: Tami Blumenfield.

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Shortsblock 16: Gravity

Thursday Aug 28TH, 3:30PM Living Room Theater THE GIFT OF GRAVITY. Four teenage girls set out to play a video prank on an unpopular classmate. Portland, OR USA 15m. DIR: Alicia J. Rose.

A TO FIT. Kendra relays stories from her everyday life as an amputee that B MODIFY motivate and define her. USA 5m. DIR: Patrick Murphy. An elderly Russian man is unable to keep pace with his wife’s zest for life. C LEADFOOT. USA 5m. DIR (in attendance): Adam Halverson. STAY. Joys and challenges of growing older in one’s own home and neighborD I’Dhood.RATHER USA 19m. DIR: Callista Haggis. AGAIN THIS FLOWER. Upon discovering that his friend is dead, Hou wanders E NEVER around the streets. China 15m. DIR: Hugo Obregon Goyarroia. GAME CHANGER. Susan Slotnick teaches dance at a medium security prison F THE for men. USA 17m. World Premiere. DIR (in attendance): Indrani Kopal.

Shortsblock 17: Want

Friday Aug 29TH, 11:45AM Living Room Theater

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A homeless drifter and his dog discover judging night at a local A WHISKER. beard-growing contest. Australia 11m. DIR: Steve Saussey. KID. A young boy is drawn into the world driven by the soundtrack of his life B THE and the magic all around him. USA 9m. DIR: Jeff Winograd. FLIGHT. After 65 years on the ground, a WWII pilot returns to the sky. Gene C FINAL Fowler is 91 years old. USA 15m. DIR: David Jorgensen. ON THE WILDERNESS. Boxer and his opponent fight in the ring with the pain of a D BOXER man returned from WWI who must win at all costs. USA 8m. DIR: Alexandra Boyd. WISHES. When Richard’s wife suddenly vanishes; he tries to make sense of reality. E BEST USA 10m. DIR: Stuart Doty. SECRET. The story of a super villain father and his daughter. On her 13th F SUPER birthday, he discovers her deep, dark, secret. USA 3m. DIR: Jim Johnson. An elderly Russian man is unable to keep pace with his wife’s zest for life. G LEADFOOT. USA 5m. DIR (in attendance): Adam Halverson. VOLAT PROPRIIS. A struggling writer and an apparition — is she a muse, or perhaps H ALIS something else? Portland OR USA 12m. DIR (in attendance): Christopher Alley. MOPED DIARIES. A new bridge causes a boy to come to grips with change. I THE USA 10m. DIR: Tyler Nilson & Nick Vitale. LONDON. London: a city that moves poetically and with great order when J GROUND observed in minute detail. Portland, OR USA 8m. DIR (in attendance): Dustin Morrow. Come out and play. 8/26-9/1. Buy tickets now at portlandfilmfestival.com. Check website or mobile app for full description and content information.

Shortsblock 18: Music Videos

Thursday Aug 28TH, 9:50PM Mission Theater

THAT THOUGH. Musician Matt Stoops tells the allegorical story of a man who A THIS desires to get out of his comfort zone. USA 3m. DIR: Matt Stoops. HE COMES HOME. A 1950s housewife discovers her husband’s infidelity and B WHEN a cocktail party turns upside down. USA 3m. DIR: Ben Phillippo. GALLEY’S—MAROONED. 1950’s Earth—resources depleted, economic C ADVENTURE despair. USA 4m. DIR (in attendance): Martin Melnick. MYSELF - HAIRY SOUL MAN. An anthem of self love uses hand-drawn props and D LOVING sets with trick photography. USA 4m. DIR: Kai Smythe. WAIT FOR IT. A collage of living portraits. E USA 4m. DIR: Juliet Lashinsky Ravene. A ritual celebration at the seaside. F BABYLON. USA 5m. DIR: Felix van Cleef. “BRAVE MEN.” The story of an abusive husband and his seemingly G GRAMATIK’S beaten housewife. USA 6m. DIR: Joe Zohar. BURNING. Ever wanted to set an ex on fire? Well, enjoy.... H DENOISE’S USA 5m. DIR (in attendance): Chris Buchal.

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